Variance, invariance and statistical explanation

DOI10.1007/S10670-014-9680-3zbMATH Open1357.62031OpenAlexW1963871532MaRDI QIDQ506908FDOQ506908

Authors: Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 2 February 2017

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-014-9680-3

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Portfolio theory (91G10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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