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Zwolennicy częstości a zwolennicy podejścia bayesowskiego. Spór o niewspółmierność w znaczeniu filozoficznym i empirycznym
Philosophical or empirical incommensurability of frequentist versus Bayesian thinking

Author(s): David Trafimow
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: incommensurability; commensurability; a priori procedure; estimation; hypothesis testing; Bayes factors

Summary/Abstract: Frequentists and Bayesians disagree about the soundness of performing calculations based, in an important part, on prior information. The disagreement goes back to a basic philosophical disagreement about how to conceptualize the meaning of probability. As frequentists and Bayesians use the term differently, there is a basic philosophical incommensurability. However, this philosophical incommensurability need not imply an empirical incommensurability. It is possible for there to be, simultaneously, philosophical incommensurability and empirical commensurability. This possibility implies consequences that this article discusses.

  • Issue Year: 65/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-48
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English
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