A Theory of Statistical Inference for Ensuring the Robustness of Scientific Results

Understand

Inference is the process of using facts we know to learn about facts we do not know.

• A theory of inference gives assumptions necessary to get from the former to the latter, along with a definition for and summary of the resulting uncertainty.
• Any one theory of inference is neither right nor wrong, but merely an axiom that may or may not be useful.
• Each of the many diverse theories of inference can be valuable for certain applications.