Discussion of: ``Bayesian models and methods in public policy and government settings by S.E. Fienberg

DOI10.1214/11-STS331AzbMATH Open1246.62047arXiv1108.3657MaRDI QIDQ449816FDOQ449816

Authors: David J. Hand 

Publication date: 1 September 2012

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Fienberg convincingly demonstrates that Bayesian models and methods represent a powerful approach to squeezing illumination from data in public policy settings. However, no school of inference is without its weaknesses, and, in the face of the ambiguities, uncertainties, and poorly posed questions of the real world, perhaps we should not expect to find a formally correct inferential strategy which can be universally applied, whatever the nature of the question: we should not expect to be able to identify a "norm" approach. An analogy is made between George Box's "no models are right, but some are useful," and inferential systems [arXiv:1108.2177].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3657

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zbMATH Keywords

frequentistinferencemodelingobjectivesubjective

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25)

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• Principles of Statistical Inference
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• Bayesian models and methods in public policy and government settings

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