An analysis of indefinite probability statements has been offered by Jackson and Pargetter (1973). We accept that this analysis will assign the correct probability values for indefinite probability ...

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Sequential conditional probability ratio tests (SCPRTs) provide monitoring procedures with a unique property that a decision reached at early stopping is unlikely to be reversed should the trial ...

One of the goals of statistics is to make inferences about population parameters from a limited set of observations. Last month, we showed how Bayes' theorem is used to update probability estimates as ...

Learning the language of science is challenging. As the first hurdle, one has to accept that science seldom reveals any deep Truths. Rather, scientific findings are almost always couched in ...

Sometimes it’s hard to have confidence in science. So many results from published scientific studies turn out to be wrong. Part of the problem is that science has trouble quantifying just how ...