The Subjectivity of Scientists and the Bayesian Approach

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Subjectivity - including intuition, hunches, and personal beliefs - has played a key role in scientific discovery. This intriguing book examines the works of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Pasteur, Einstein, Margaret Mead, and other scientists in terms of subjectivity and the Bayesian approach to statistical analysis. "An insightful work." - Choice. 2001 edition.

S. James Press is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California at Riverside. He is also the author of Bayesian Statistics: Principle, Models, and Applications and the Dover edition of Applied Multivariate Analysis: Including Bayesian and Frequentist Methods of Inference. Judith M. Tanur is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is also the editor of Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown and Questions About Questions: Inquiries into the Cognitive Bases of Surveys.