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The philosophy of statistics is the study of the mathematical, conceptual, and philosophical foundations and analyses of statistics and statistical inference. For example, Dennis Lindely argues for the more general analysis of statistics as the study of uncertainty.[1] The subject involves the meaning, justification, utility, use and abuse of statistics and its methodology, and ethical and epistemological issues involved in the consideration of choice and interpretation of data and methods of statistics.[2]
- ^ Lindley, Dennis (September 2000). "The philosophy of statistics". Royal Statistical Society. 49 (3): 293–337. doi:10.1111/1467-9884.00238. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Romijn, Jan-Willem (2014). "Philosophy of statistics". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.