UID:
almahu_9949697587902882
Format:
1 online resource (355 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-25771-4
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9786612257711
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0-08-088980-8
Content:
Statistical theory is primarily a product of the twentieth century. The prevailing school of thought builds on the frequentist philosophy developed by R.A. Fisher, the eminent biological theorist and experimentalist. Fisher's philosophy has been so thoroughly embraced that it has been labeled the ""classical"" approach, even though the alternative Bayesian philosophy antedates it by more than a century. Frequentist thinking has prevailed over Bayesian primarily because of the practical difficulty of fitting all but the simplest Bayesian models. Wildlife statistics has been almost entirely cond
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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pt. 1. Probability and inference -- pt. 2. The bayesian maramatanga -- pt. 3. Applications -- pt. 4. Appendices.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-374854-2
Language:
English
