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We have surveyed the logical foundations and some of the principal theorems of the mathematical calculus of probability. We have considered, also, some of the important interpretations of that calculus for certain experimental contexts.
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In the First Edition, Hanson mistakenly listed this book’s title as The Elements of Statistics – MDL.
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Brown’s work was not published. For a discussion and explanation see Wolstenholme and Millar (1956, 43–44).
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Lund, M.D. (2018). Elements of Statistical Technique. In: Lund, M.D. (eds) Perception and Discovery. Synthese Library, vol 389. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69745-1_24
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