Fisher, Bayes, and Predictive Inference

Sandy Zabell
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Sandy Zabell: Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: We review historically the position of Sir R.A. Fisher towards Bayesian inference and, particularly, the classical Bayes–Laplace paradigm. We focus on his Fiducial Argument.

Keywords: Bayesian inference; Fisher fiducial argument; inverse probability; uniform distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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