Uncertainty : The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics
Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2016
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This book presents a philosophical approach to probability and probabilistic thinking, considering the underpinnings of probabilistic reasoning and modeling, which effectively underlie everything in data science. The ultimate goal is to call into question many standard tenets and lay the philosophical and probabilistic groundwork and infrastructure for statistical modeling. It is the first book devoted to the philosophy of data aimed at working scientists and calls for a new consideration in the practice of probability and statistics to eliminate what has been referred to as the "Cult of Statistical Significance."
Its jargon-free approach asserts that standard methods, such as out-of-the-box regression, cannot help in discovering cause. This new way of looking at uncertainty ties together disparate fields - probability, physics, biology, the "soft" sciences, computer science - because each aims at discovering cause (of effects). It broadens the understanding beyond frequentist and Bayesian methods to propose a Third Way of modeling.
Book information
ISBN: | 9783319819587 |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
Imprint: | Springer |
Pub date: | 30 May 2018 |
Edition: | Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2016 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 258 |
Weight: | 4277g |
Height: | 235mm |
Width: | 155mm |
Spine width: | 15mm |