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The two aspects of statistical estimation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

G. A. Barnard
G. A. Barnard*
Affiliation:
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester
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B. J. R. Bailey’s article in Gazette LVII, 169–174 (October 1973) worried me a little, because it seemed to suggest support for a widespread misapprehension, that mathematical statistics differs from other branches of applied mathematics in requiring a good deal of subjective argument. Every application of mathematics involves judgement, of course, but statistics does not really go beyond other applications in this respect.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 58 , Issue 404 , June 1974 , pp. 116 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1974

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References

1. Fisher, R. A., Contributions to mathematical statistics, Paper 24, Proc. R. Soc. A, 144, 303–305 (1934).Google Scholar