Keith O'Rourke | The Logic of Statistics

Dr. Keith O'Rourke talks about the logical reasoning behind statistical modeling. Topics include mathematical vs scientific reasoning, whether science has become too stats focused, and vice versa.

Watch it on...Youtube: https://youtu.be/FqE4ROHBKpYPodbean: https://dataandsciencepodcast.podbean.com/e/keith-o-rourke-the-logic-of-statistics/

Topic List:

0:00 - The logic of statistics0:30 - What is scientific statistics?5:15 - The logic of statistics and CS Pierce9:15 - Role of representation in statistics: explicit vs implicit14:13 - Diagrammatic Reasoning18:45 - Why is modeling counterfactual?19:33 - How can statisticians become better scientists?28:40 - Science is hard31:24 - Computational approaches to learning42:00 - Learning through metaphor46:28 - Diagrammatic representations vs math48:40 - Is science too statistics-focussed? 59:35 - Is statistics sufficiently science-focussed? 1:08:40 - Scientific Debate

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