Operational Subjective Statistical Methods: A Mathematical, Philosophical, and Historical Introduction.

Abstract

Philosophical and Historical Introduction. Quantities, Prevision, and Coherency. Coherent Statistical Inference. Related Forms for Asserting Uncertain Knowledge. Distribution Functions. Proper Scoring Rules. The Multivariate Normal Distribution and Its Mixtures. Sequential Forecasting Based on Linear Conditional Prevision Structures: Theory and Practice of Linear Regression. The Direction of Statistical Research. References. Index.