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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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284
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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General Methodology
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| Abstract - #300174 |
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Title:
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Controversies in the Philosophy of Bayesian Statistics
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Author(s):
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James Berger*+ and Christian P. Robert*+ and Cosma Shalizi*+ and Robert Kass*+
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Companies:
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Duke University and Universite Paris-Dauphine and Carnegie Mellon University and Carnegie Mellon University
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Address:
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, , , CEREMADE, Paris cedex 16, International, 75775, France , , , , , ,
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Keywords:
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Bayes ;
philosophy ;
subjective probability
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Abstract:
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Debates about the philosophy of statistics can affect statistical practice. Bayesians and non-Bayesians give different recommendations in areas ranging from experimental design to interval estimation to causal inference. Within Bayesian inference, subjective and objective priors can yield very different posterior inferences. The speakers in this panel bring a range of perspectives regarding questions of inductive and deductive inference, subjective and objective probability, and classical and Bayesian modes of inference. We hope with this panel to relate some of these philosophical differences to statistical theory and practice.
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