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" The subjectivity of scientists and the Bayesian approach / "
S. James Press, Judith M. Tanur ; illustrated by Rachel D. Tanur
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BL
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629926
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Press, S. James
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The subjectivity of scientists and the Bayesian approach /\ S. James Press, Judith M. Tanur ; illustrated by Rachel D. Tanur
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New York :: Wiley,, c2001
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Wiley series in probability and statistics.
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x, 274 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0471396850 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and indexes
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| Contents
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Selecting the scientists -- Some well-known stories of extreme subjectivity. Introduction ; Johannes Kepler ; Gregor Mendel ; Robert Millikan ; Cyril Burt ; Margaret Mead -- Stories of famous scientists. Introduction ; Aristotle ; Galileo Galilei ; William Harvey ; Sir Isaac Newton ; Antoine Lavoisier ; Alexander von Humboldt ; Michael Faraday ; Charles Darwin ; Louis Pasteur ; Sigmund Freud ; Marie Curie ; Albert Einstein ; Some conjectures about the scientists -- Subjectivity in science in modern times: the Bayesian approach
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Research-- Methodology
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Bayesian statistical decision theory
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Subjectivity
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507/.2
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Q180.55.M4P73 2001
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Tanur, Judith M
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