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The Foundations of Statistics [Paperback]

Leonard J. Savage (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0486623491 | ISBN-13: 978-0486623498 | Publication Date: June 1, 1972 | Edition: 2 Revised

Classic analysis of the subject and the development of personal probability; one of the greatest controversies in modern statistcal thought. New preface and new footnotes to 1954 edition, with a supplementary 180-item annotated bibliography by author. Calculus, probability, statistics, and Boolean algebra are recommended.

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Paperback: 310 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; 2 Revised edition (June 1, 1972)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486623491
ISBN-13: 978-0486623498
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant exposition of personalist (subjective) probabilty, December 16, 1998

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Savage rigorously reworks the approach of Frank Plumpton Ramsey to give us a personalist (subjectivist) probability construct, and uses this to found a theory of statistics. Even many of us who disagree strongly with Savage are greatly impressed by this remarkable work.

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One of the earliest books/texts to present the Bayesian paradigm. You need at least three semesters of calculus to do the math - Savage was one of the statisticians who worked on the Manhattan Project and this text is very rigorous.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult and interesting, May 17, 2010

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This is not an easy book, but it is worth reading if you want to get a particular perspective on "the foundations of statistics".

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