A frequentist interpretation of probability for model-based inductive inference

DOI10.1007/s11229-011-9892-xzbMath1284.60005MaRDI QIDQ2441751

Aris Spanos

Publication date: 28 March 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9892-x

zbMATH Keywords

strong law of large numbers; random samples; randomness; circularity; error statistics; Duhem-Quine problem; frequentist interpretation of probability; long-run metaphor; model-based induction; post-data severity evaluation; single event probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

60A05: Axioms; other general questions in probability

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