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Author:   A. W. F. Edwards
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   expanded edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780801844430

ISBN 10:   0801844436
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   26 November 1992
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the 1972 edition Prologue on probability Chapter 1. The Framework of Inference Chapter 2. The Concept of Likelihood Chapter 3. Support Chapter 4. Bayes' Theorem and inverse probability Chapter 5. Maximum Support: The Method of Maximum Likelihood Chapter 6. The Method of Support for Several Parameters Chapter 7. Expected information and the distribution of evaluates Chapter 8. Application in anomalous cases Chapter 9. Support Tests Chapter 10. Miscellaneous topics Epilogue Appendix 1. A problem in the doctrine of chances Appendix 2. The history of likelihood Appendix 3. Fiducial distributions Appendix 4. The likelihood treatment of linear regression Appendix 5. R.A. Fisher's work on statistical inference Notes References Tables of support limits of t and X2 Index

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An important text and, in addition, is a joy to read, being a paragon of lucid and witty exposition. * Mathematical Gazette * Full of appropriate examples (especially from genetics) and historical commentary, this monograph offers a rare simultaneous treatment of both mathematical and philosophical foundations. * American Mathematical Monthly * This book is commended to all philosophers of science who are interested in the problems of scientific inference. * Search * This book, by a well-known geneticist, will do much to publicize the generality of the likelihood method as a foundation for statistical procedure. It is both smoothly written and persuasive. * Operations Research *

An important text and, in addition, is a joy to read, being a paragon of lucid and witty exposition. --'Mathematical Gazette'

An important text and, in addition, is a joy to read, being a paragon of lucid and witty exposition. Mathematical Gazette Full of appropriate examples (especially from genetics) and historical commentary, this monograph offers a rare simultaneous treatment of both mathematical and philosophical foundations. American Mathematical Monthly This book is commended to all philosophers of science who are interested in the problems of scientific inference. Search This book, by a well-known geneticist, will do much to publicize the generality of the likelihood method as a foundation for statistical procedure. It is both smoothly written and persuasive. Operations Research

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A. W. F. Edwards is reader in biometry and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, England. He is the author of Foundations of Mathematical Genetics and Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle.

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