IN a paper read before the Royal Statistical Society on December 18, Prof. R. A. Fisher surveyed the recent change in the outlook of mathematical statisticians. The most profound modification seems to ...

Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are easy to mix up. Learn what the difference is and see examples of each type of scientific reasoning. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Educational Psychology Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, Prescriptive Statements: Philosophical, Theoretical, and Methodological Considerations (June, 2011), pp. 207-220 (14 pages) From the perspectives of the ...

Introduces students to philosophical issues that arise in statistical theory and practice. Topics include interpretations of probability, philosophical paradigms in statistics, inductive inference, ...

CAN we determine the precise relation between Induction and Deduction? Both are said to be a species of Inference. Deduction is, no doubt, Mediate Inference. Is Induction Mediate or Immediate ...