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Partial Identification of Probability Distributions
Charles F. Manski
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Description for Partial Identification of Probability Distributions
hardcover. Presents the main elements of author's research on partial identification of probability distributions. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 191 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456.
Sample data alone never suffice to draw conclusions about populations. Inference always requires assumptions about the population and sampling process. Statistical theory has revealed much about how strength of assumptions affects the precision of point estimates, but has had much less to say about how it affects the identification of population parameters. Indeed, it has been commonplace to think of identification as a binary event – a parameter is either identified or not – and to view point identification as a precondition for inference. Yet there is enormous scope for fruitful inference using data and assumptions that partially identify population parameters. This ... Read more
Sample data alone never suffice to draw conclusions about populations. Inference always requires assumptions about the population and sampling process. Statistical theory has revealed much about how strength of assumptions affects the precision of point estimates, but has had much less to say about how it affects the identification of population parameters. Indeed, it has been commonplace to think of identification as a binary event – a parameter is either identified or not – and to view point identification as a precondition for inference. Yet there is enormous scope for fruitful inference using data and assumptions that partially identify population parameters. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Statistics
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387004549
SKU
V9780387004549
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About Charles F. Manski
Charles F. Manski is Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University. He is author of Identification Problems in the Social Sciences and Analog Estimation Methods in Econometrics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Econometric Society.
Reviews for Partial Identification of Probability Distributions
From the reviews: "Charles Manski has produced a nice and compact text written with extreme care, providing technical detail, and mathematical proofs where needed." Biometrics, March 2005 "This book is an excellent and rigorous presentation of the state of research in the area of partial identification of populations and credible inference, in which the author has ... Read more