Confidence is epistemic probability for empirical science

2017/10/05 by Tore Schweder · 1 voice
Decision Sciences · Mathematics · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference #Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jspi.2017.09.016

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Citations

• The ASA Statement on p -Values: Context, Process, and Purpose

Discussions

• But it's not that controversial, it's just the distinction between the process (aleatory probability - which collapses to 0 or 1, once you know the result) and our beliefs (epistemic probability), see [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]