{"product_id":"operational-subjective-statistical-methods-frank-lad-9780471143291","title":"Operational Subjective Statistical Methods: A Mathematical, Philosophical, and Historical Introduction","description":"The mathematical implications of personal beliefs and values inscience and commerce \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amid a worldwide resurgence of interest in subjectivist statisticalmethod, this book offers a fresh look at the role of personaljudgments in statistical analysis. Frank Lad demonstrates howphilosophical attention to meaning provides a sensible assessmentof the prospects and procedures of empirical inferentiallearning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Operational Subjective Statistical Methods offers a systematicinvestigation of Bruno de Finetti's theory of probability and logicof uncertainty, which recognizes probability as the measure ofpersonal uncertainty at the heart of its mathematical presentation.It identifies de Finetti's \"fundamental theorem of coherentprovision\" as the unifying structure of probabilistic logic, andhighlights the judgment of exchangeability rather than causalindependence as the key probabilistic component of statisticalinference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Broad in scope, yet firmly grounded in mathematical detail, thistext\/reference \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Invites readers to address the subjective personalist meaning ofprobability as motivating the mathematical construction\u003cbr\u003e * Contains numerous examples and problems, including computingproblems using Matlab, assuming no background in Matlab\u003cbr\u003e * Explains how to use the material in three distinct sequentialcourses in math and statistics, as well as in courses at thegraduate level in applied fields\u003cbr\u003e * Provides an introductory basis for understanding more complexstructures of statistical analysis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Complete with fifty illustrations, Operational SubjectiveStatistical Methods makes an intriguing discipline accessible toprofessionals, students, and the interested general reader. Itcontains a wealth of teaching and research material, and offersprofound insight into the relationship between philosophy, faith, and scientific method.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Lad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471143294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471143291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Interscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.44w x 1.12d","brand":"Frank Lad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013752467711,"sku":"9780471143291","price":225.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a70b2ce1-52fb-4503-a695-5d102f6651b9.jpg?v=1767744550","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operational-subjective-statistical-methods-frank-lad-9780471143291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}