Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference by Ronald a Fisher (6 results)

Hardcover. Second edition, revised. 178pp. Inked name/date, some very neat ink markings, else very good solid condition without dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0028447409.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

Condition: very good. Gebunden. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Artikel wiegt maximal 500g. Vorsatz mit Stempel. 179 Seiten. Englisches Exemplar. Vorsatz mit Aufkleber. Ecken und Kanten bestoßen.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Blue d/j, badly tanned to rear, spine and front, blue title to spine, interior good, previous owner's name inside with date. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, American issue. viii, 175 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Although likelihood inference was proclaimed as a fundamental form of inference in all editions of [Fisher's] Statistical Methods for Research Workers, it was not developed any further for more than 30 years. Likelihood inference re-appears in Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference (1956) and the discussion there picks up from where the 1921 paper and Statistical Methods for Research Workers had left off, 'The likelihood supplies a natural order of preference among the possibilities under consideration' (chapter III, §6)' (John Aldrich, 'Likelihood and Probability in R. A. Fisher's Statistical Methods for Research Workers; www [dot] economics [dot] soton [dot] ac [dot] uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/prob+lik [dot] htm). 'Pearson (1920) supplied Fisher with references to the literature on Bayes' theorem. How many he read at the time is unclear. Boole and Venn, for instance, ran and ran in his writings as redoubtable critics of the 'equal distribution of ignorance' before Fisher (1956) wrote about them in detail. . . . Apart from the odd sentence and a paragraph in (Fisher 1925b, p. 700) inclining to a limiting frequency definition, he did not write on probability until 1956. . . . in Statistical Methods & Scientific Inference (1956) Fisher retold the Bayes-Laplace story in style with long quotations from their writings. The tone is more measured: Bayes is not quite the towering figure in the history of science and, instead of arraigning Laplace for 'cruelty,' (Fisher 1956, p. 15) merely notes that he 'needed a definition wide enough to be used in the vastly diverse applications of the Théorie analytique.' For Fisher the 'vast diversity' of the applications was nothing to be proud of' (Aldrich, 'R. A. Fisher on Bayes and Bayes' Theorem', Bayesian Analysis (2008) 3, Number 1, pp. 161-170).