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A course in philosphy from John Rawls and one in mathematical statistics from Erich Lehmann have influenced the orientation of my thinking though only I can be held responsible for what is written here.

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Neuberg, L.G. The limits of statistics in planning analysis. Qual Quant 11, 1–26 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00143984

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