Basic Principles of Statistical Inference
Statistical inference: Learning about what we do not observe (parameters) using what we observe (data) Without statistics:wildguess With statistics: principled guess 1 assumptions 2 formal properties 3 measure of uncertainty Kosuke Imai (Princeton) Basic Principles POL572 Spring 2016 2 / 66
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