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On the theory of statistical procedures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

H. R. Pitt
H. R. Pitt
Affiliation:
Queen's UniversityBelfast
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The essential elements in any application of statistical theory are

(1) the set of hypothetical physical states θ which may give rise to the observed phenomena,

(2) the set of all possible observations or samples x,

(3) the set of actions α which may be taken when x is known.

The whole procedure in the common applications can be divided into two parts:

(A) the estimation of θ from the known observation x,

(B) action on the basis of this estimation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 1949 , pp. 354 - 359
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1949

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