The distinction between inference and decision

DOI10.1007/BF00485691MaRDI QIDQ1244009zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Dennis Lindley

Publication date 1977

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Asymptotic properties of parametric tests (62F05) General considerations in statistical decision theory (62C05)

Cites work

• The Neyman-Pearson theory as decision theory, and as inference theory; with a criticism of the Lindley-Savage argument for Bayesian theory
• The analogy between decision and inference

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• An evaluation of alternative methods for testing hypotheses, from the perspective of Harold Jeffreys

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