Logic of Statistical Inference

This book showcases Ian Hacking's early ideas on the philosophical issues surrounding statistical reasoning.

Ian Hacking (Author), Jan-Willem Romeijn (Preface by)

9781107144958, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 August 2016

226 pages, 9 b/w illus. 5 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.46 kg

One of Ian Hacking's earliest publications, this book showcases his early ideas on the central concepts and questions surrounding statistical reasoning. He explores the basic principles of statistical reasoning and tests them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences for statisticians. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Jan-Willem Romeijn, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, Hacking's influential and original work has been revived for a new generation of readers.

Preface to this edition Jan-Willem Romeijn
1. Long run frequencies
2. The chance set-up
3. Support
4. The long run
5. The law of likelihood
6. Statistical tests
7. Theories of testing
8. Random sampling
9. The fiducial argument
10. Estimation
11. Point estimation
12. Bayes' theory
13. The subjective theory.

Subject Areas: Philosophy: logic [HPL], Philosophy [HP]