The nature of scientific evidence : statistical, philosophical and empirical considerations / edited by Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taper, Mark L., 1952-

Lele, Subhash.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Statistical methods.

Science.

Science--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (586 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified statistically. Mark Taper, Subhash Lele, and an esteemed group of contributors explore the relationships among hypotheses, models, data, and inference on which scientific progress rests in an attempt to develop a new quantitative framework for evidence. Informed by interdisciplinary discussions among scientists, philosophers, and statisticians, they propose a new "evidential" approach, which may be more in keeping with the scientific method. The Nature of Scientific Evidence persuasively argues that all scientists should care more about the fine points of statistical philosophy because therein lies the connection between theory and data. Though the book uses ecology as an exemplary science, the interdisciplinary evaluation of the use of statistics in empirical research will be of interest to any reader engaged in the quantification and evaluation of data.

Contents:

pt. 1. Scientific process

pt. 2. Logics of evidence

pt. 3. Realities of nature

pt. 4. Science, opinion and evidence

pt. 5. Models, realities and evidence

pt. 6. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613058607

9781283058605

128305860X

9780226789583

0226789586

OCLC:

695991319