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The nature of scientific evidence :

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0226789551

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0226789578

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9780226789552

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9780226789576

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b410972

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The nature of scientific evidence :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

statistical, philosophical, and empirical considerations /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 567 pages :

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illustrations ;

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24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Foreword / C.R. Rao -- pt. 1. Scientific process -- Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- 1. A brief tour of statistical concepts / Nicholas Lewin-Koh, Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- 2. Models of scientific inquiry and statistical practice : implications for the structure of scientific knowledge / Brian A. Maurer -- Commentary / Prasanta S. Bandyopadhyay and John G. Bennett -- Commentary / Mark L. Wilson -- Rejoinder / Brian A. Maurer -- 3. Experiments, observations, and other kinds of evidence / Samuel M. Scheiner -- Commentary / Marie-Josee Fortin -- Commentary / Manuel C. Molles, Jr. -- Rejoinder / Samuel M. Scheiner -- pt. 2. Logics of evidence -- Overview / V.P. Godambe -- 4. An error-statistical philosophy of evidence / Deborah G. Mayo -- Commentary / Earl D. McCay -- Commentary / George Casella -- Rejoinder / Deborah G. Mayo -- 5. The likelihood paradigm for statistical evidence / Richard Royall -- Commentary / D.R. Cox -- Commentary / Martin Curd -- Rejoinder / Richard Royall -- 6. Why likelihood? / Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober -- Commentary / Michael Kruse -- Commentary / Robert J. Boik -- Rejoinder / Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober -- 7. Evidence functions and the optimality of the law of likelihood / Subhash R. Lele -- Commentary / Christopher C. Heyde -- Commentary / Paul J. Nelson -- Rejoinder / Subhash R. Lele -- pt. 3. Realities of nature -- Overview / Mark S. Boyce -- 8. Whole-ecosystem experiments : replication and arguing from error / Jean A. Miller and Thomas M. Frost -- Commentary / William A. Link -- Commentary / Charles E. McCulloch -- Rejoinder / Jean A. Miller -- 9. Dynamical models as paths to evidence in ecology / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- Commentary / Steven Hecht Orzack -- Commentary / Philip M. Dixon -- Rejoinder / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- 10. Constraints on negative relationships : mathematical causes and ecological consequences / James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S.K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jeffrey F. Kelly -- Commentary / Robert D. Holt and Norman A. Slade -- Commentary / Steve Cherry -- Rejoinder / James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S.K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jeffrey F. Kelly -- pt. 4. Science, opinion, and evidence -- Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- 11. Statistics and the scientific method in ecology / Brian Dennis -- Commentary / Charles E. McCulloch -- Commentary / Aaron M. Ellison -- Rejoinder / Brian Dennis -- 12. Taking the prior seriously : Bayesian analysis without subjective probability / Daniel Goodman -- Commentary / Nozer D. Singpurwalla -- Rejoinder / Daniel Goodman -- 13. Elicit data, not prior : on using expert opinion in ecological studies / Subhash R. Lele -- Commentary / R. Cary Tuckfield -- Commentary / Lance A. Waller -- Rejoinder / Subhash R. Lele -- pt. 5. Models, realities, and evidence -- Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele -- 14. Statistical distances as loss functions in assessing model adequacy / Bruce G. Lindsay -- Commentary / D.R. Cox -- Commentary / Stephen P. Ellner -- Rejoinder / Bruce G. Lindsay -- 15. Model identification from many candidates / Mark L. Taper -- Commentary / Isabella Verdinelli and Larry Wasserman -- Commentary / Hamparsum Bozdogan -- Rejoinder / Mark L. Taper -- pt. 6. Conclusion -- 16. The nature of scientific evidence : a forward-looking synthesis / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele

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Mark Taper, Subhash Lele and an esteemed group of contributors explore the relationships among hypotheses, models, data and interference on which scientific progress rests in an attempt to develop a new quantitative framework for evidence

Science-- Methodology

Science-- Statistical methods

Empirische methoden

Filosofische aspecten

Méthodologie

Statistische analyse

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Lele, Subhash

Taper, Mark L.,1952-

Date of Transaction

20160712073229.0

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