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On the trasductive arguments in statistics

@article{Ritov2010OnTT,
  title={On the trasductive arguments in statistics},
  author={Yaacov Ritov},
  journal={arXiv: Statistics Theory},
  year={2010}
}
  • Y. Ritov
  • Published 7 March 2010
  • Computer Science
  • arXiv: Statistics Theory
The paper argues that a part of the current statistical discussion is not based on the standard firm foundations of the field. Among the examples we consider are prediction into the future, semi-supervised classification, and causality inference based on observational data. 
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