Lad F. Operational Subjective Statistical Methods: A Mathematical, Philosophical, and Historical Introduction

N.-Y.: Wley, 1996. — 485 p.The mathematical implications of personal beliefs and values in science and commerce Amid a worldwide resurgence of interest in subjectivist statistical method, this book offers a fresh look at the role of personal judgments in statistical analysis. Frank Lad demonstrates how philosophical attention to meaning provides a sensible assessment of the prospects and procedures of empirical inferential learning.