Science and the Weighing of Evidence,

Abstract

Progress in science depends on the appraisal of hypotheses by reference to observational data. This procedure is formalized in such a way that judgments made by theorists and judgments made by observers may be combined to yield probabilities for the considered hypotheses. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 1971
Accession Number
AD0724715

Entities

People

  • Peter A. Sturrock

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Hypotheses
  • Judgment
  • Mathematics
  • Mental Processes
  • Observers
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Physics
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Theoretical Analysis.