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The distinction between inference and decision

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  • Birnbaum, A.: 1977, ‘The Neyman-Pearson Theory as Decision Theory, and as Inference Theory; with a Criticism of the Lindley-Savage Argument for Bayesian Theory’, Synthese, this issue, pp. 19–49.

  • Smith, C. A. B.: 1977, ‘The Analogy between Decision and Inference’, Synthese, this issue, pp. 71–85.

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  1. Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University College, London

    D. V. Lindley

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Lindley, D.V. The distinction between inference and decision. Synthese 36, 51–58 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485691

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