Why waste time philosophizing?

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-03-15

Summary:

I’ll answer the above question after first sharing some background and history on the the philosophy of Bayesian statistics, which appeared at the end of our rejoinder to the discussion to which I linked the other day: When we were beginning our statistical educations, the word ‘Bayesian’ conveyed membership in an obscure cult. Statisticians who [...]

Link:

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/02/11/why-waste-time-philosophizing/

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Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:48

Date published:

02/11/2013, 09:35