Statistical thought
Subtitle: a perspective and history
By: Shoutir Kishore Chatterjee.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Mathematical statistics -- History
Description: "This book is aimed at researchers, lecturers, and students in statistics and the history of science who have had some exposure to statistical theory. It is also useful to logicians and philosophers interested in the problem of statistical induction in a wider philosophical context and the impact of developments in statistics on current thinking."--Jacket.
Notes: "Reprinted 2004 (with corrections)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-407) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Perspective; title: 1. Philosophical background; title: 2. Statistical induction; title: when and how?; title: 3. Interpretation of probability: various nuances; title: 4. Bearing of interpretations of probability on statistical induction; title: Part II: History; title: 5. Prehistory, beginning of history, and the toddling period; title: 6. New concepts and methods; title: pre-Bayesian era; title: 7. Beginning of the pro-subjective approach; title: 8. Pro-subjective approach loses as sampling theory gains ground; title: 9. Breaking the barrier: out into a broader domain; title: 10. Modern era: the superstructure builds up.