Statistical Inference from a DS Perspective
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Present issues concern why and how the theory has the potential to develop into a major competitor of the "frequentist" and "Bayesian" outlooks. This for me is a work in progress. My understanding has evolved substantially over the past eight years of my emeritus status, during which DS has been my major focus. It was also a major focus of mine over the eight years beginning in 1961 when I first had the freedom that came with academic tenure in the Harvard Statistics Department. Between the two periods I was more an observer and teacher in relation to DS than a primary developer. I do not attempt here to address the long history of how DS got to where I now understand it to be, including connections with R. A. Fisher's controversial "fiducial" argument.
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