Probability theory : the logic of science / E.T. Jaynes.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 650 pISBN:- 9780521592710:
- 0521592712
- 519.2
- .J36 2003
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General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 519.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 46553 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Plausible reasoning -- The quantitative rules -- Elementary sampling theory -- Elementary hypothesis testing -- Queer uses for probability theory -- Elementary parameter estimation -- The central, Gaussian or normal distribution -- Sufficiency, ancillarity, and all that -- Repetitive experiments : probability and frequency -- Physics of 'random experiments' -- Discrete prior probabilities : the entropy principle -- Ignorance priors and transformation groups -- Decision theory, historical background -- Simple applications of decision theory -- Paradoxes of probability theory -- Orthodox methods : historical background -- Principles and pathology of orthodox statistics -- The Ap distribution and rule of succession -- Physical measurements -- Model comparison -- Outliers and robustness -- Introduction to communication theory
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