Uncertainty : the soul of modeling, probability & statistics / William Briggs.
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 philosophic...
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2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Truth, Argument, Realism
- Logic
- Induction and Intellection
- What Probability Is
- What Probability Is Not
- Chance and Randomness
- Causality
- Probability Models
- Statistical and Physical Models
- Modelling Goals, Strategies, and Mistakes.