The nature of scientific evidence [electronic resource] : statistical, philosophical and empirical considerations / edited by Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele.
Taper, Mark L., 1952-; Lele, Subhash.
2004
Q180.55.S7 N37 2004eb
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The nature of scientific evidence [electronic resource] : statistical, philosophical and empirical considerations / edited by Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele.
ISBN
9780226789583 (electronic bk.)
0226789551
0226789578 (pbk.)
9780226789576
Publication Details
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
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English
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1 online resource (xviii, 567 p.) : ill.
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Q180.55.S7 N37 2004eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
507/.2
Summary
An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified statistically. Mark Taper, Subhash Lele, and an esteemed group of contributors explore the relationships among hypotheses, models, data, and inference on which scientific progress rests in an attempt to develop a new quantitative framework for evidence. Informed by interdisciplinary discussions among scientists, philosophers, and statisticians, they propose a new "evidential" approach.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Taper, Mark L., 1952-
Lele, Subhash.
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Foreword / C. R. Rao
Pt. 1. Scientific process
Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
1. A brief tour of statistical concepts / Nicholas Lewin-Koh, Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
2. Models of scientific inquiry and statistical practice : implications for the structure of scientific knowledge / Brian A. Maurer
Commentary / Prasanta S. Bandyopadhyay and John G. Bennett
Commentary / Mark L. Wilson
Rejoinder / Brian A. Maurer
3. Experiments, observations, and other kinds of evidence / Samuel M. Scheiner
Commentary / Marie-Josee Fortin
Commentary / Manuel C. Molles, Jr.
Rejoinder / Samuel M. Scheiner
Pt. 2. Logics of evidence
Overview / V. P. Godambe
4. An error-statistical philosophy of evidence / Deborah G. Mayo
Commentary / Earl D. McCay
Commentary / George Casella
Rejoinder / Deborah G. Mayo
5. The likelihood paradigm for statistical evidence / Richard Royall
Commentary / D. R. Cox
Commentary / Martin Curd
Rejoinder / Richard Royall
6. Why likelihood? / Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober
Commentary / Michael Kruse
Commentary / Robert J. Boik
Rejoinder / Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober
7. Evidence functions and the optimality of the law of likelihood / Subhash R. Lele
Commentary / Christopher C. Heyde
Commentary / Paul J. Nelson
Rejoinder / Subhash R. Lele
Pt. 3. Realities of nature
Overview / Mark S. Boyce
8. Whole-ecosystem experiments : replication and arguing from error / Jean A. Miller and Thomas M. Frost
Commentary / William A. Link
Commentary / Charles E. McCulloch
Rejoinder / Jean A. Miller
9. Dynamical models as paths to evidence in ecology / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
Commentary / Steven Hecht Orzack
Commentary / Philip M. Dixon
Rejoinder / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
10. Constraints on negative relationships : mathematical causes and ecological consequences / James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Commentary / Robert D. Holt and Norman A. Slade
Commentary / Steve Cherry
Rejoinder / James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Pt. 4. Science, opinion, and evidence
Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
11. Statistics and the scientific method in ecology / Brian Dennis
Commentary / Charles E. McCulloch
Commentary / Aaron M. Ellison
Rejoinder / Brian Dennis
12. Taking the prior seriously : Bayesian analysis without subjective probability / Daniel Goodman
Commentary / Nozer D. Singpurwalla
Rejoinder / Daniel Goodman
13. Elicit data, not prior : on using expert opinion in ecological studies / Subhash R. Lele
Commentary / R. Cary Tuckfield
Commentary / Lance A. Waller
Rejoinder / Subhash R. Lele
Pt. 5. Models, realities, and evidence
Overview / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
14. Statistical distances as loss functions in assessing model adequacy / Bruce G. Lindsay
Commentary / D. R. Cox
Commentary / Stephen P. Ellner
Rejoinder / Bruce G. Lindsay
15. Model identification from many candidates / Mark L. Taper
Commentary / Isabella Verdinelli and Larry Wasserman
Commentary / Hamparsum Bozdogan
Rejoinder / Mark L. Taper
Pt. 6. Conclusion
16. The nature of scientific evidence : a forward-looking synthesis / Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele.

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