The probabilistic analysis of testimony

DOI10.1016/0378-3758(88)90096-1MaRDI QIDQ1110168zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sandy L. Zabell

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3758(88)90096-1

zbMATH Keywords

Campbell-Price paradoxprobabilistic analysis of testimony

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) History of probability theory (60-03)

Review text

The probabilistic analysis of testimony is surveyed. The coverage is not comprehensive; attention is focused on several problems of particular interest or complexity. The theory often contains implicit assumptions, and some attempt is made to clarify the role these play. The theory originally arose in an attempt to understand the logic of belief. It was not empirically grounded, however, and later died out in the 19th century when its conclusions became largely self-evident, and its non-empirical background suspect.

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