Keynes’ contribution to statistical science

David C Schneider

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2021, vol. 45, issue 5, 951-966

Abstract: The thesis of this contribution is that Keynes’ 1921 Treatise on Probability provides the logical foundation for frequentist, evidentialist and belief-type (‘Bayesian’) inference as it is practiced in the biological and environmental sciences.

Keywords: Keynes Treatise; Statistics; Modes of inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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