主 题: Models for statisticians
报告人: Prof. Terry Speed ( UC Berkeley)
时 间: 2012-05-22 14:00-15:00
地 点: 理科一号楼1556
Try typing “What is a model?” into Google (and hitting enter) and see what you get. It’s a jungle out there, and not all that you find is relevant to us as statisticians. You could repeat the exercise with “What is a statistical model?” and see answers ranging from a banality to category theory. We’ve all heard and probably repeated George Box’s dictum - he calls it a quaquaversal quotation