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Models and Methods

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This is a leisurely discourse on problems of scientific methodology revolving around the notions of ‘model’ and ‘method’. General ideas and beliefs concerning their role and relative importance in the philosophy and practice of science are considered. The particular varieties of model and method that occur in Statistics are discussed in more detail. The fundamental but somewhat vague question, whether models or methods are the primary constituents and decisive forces in the scientific process, is raised and for the most part left open.

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  1. Institut für Statistik und Mathematische Wirtschaftstheorie, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

    Martin Rutsch

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  1. Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, #997-1873 East Mall, V6T 1W5, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    W. Erwin Diewert

  2. University of Hong Kong, K.K. Leung Building, Hong Kong

    Klaus Spremann

  3. Department of Economics, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 18, D-89069, Ulm/Donau, Germany

    Frank Stehling

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Rutsch, M. (1993). Models and Methods. In: Diewert, W.E., Spremann, K., Stehling, F. (eds) Mathematical Modelling in Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78508-5_65

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