At 09:02 PM 9/9/00 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
In statistics one takes actions; these
>actions have consequences in the various states of nature,
>and what separates statistics from probability is that one
>cannot assume knowledge of the state of nature. So
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THIS STATEMENT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY
>
> It is necessary to simulataneously consider
> all consequences of the proposed action in
> all states of nature.
>
>You will not find this at all in most statistics books,
>as it directly contradicts much which is maintained as
>gospel by most of the expounders.
the reason you won't see this in books is because, as i have said before
... this statement makes no sense
and it sure won't help the person who originally posted the question about
a book recommendation ...
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