The Nature of Scientific Evidence

Foreword by C. R. Rao
Preface
Part 1: Scientific Process
Overview
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
1: A Brief Tour of Statistical Concepts
Nicholas Lewin-Koh, Mark L. Taper, and Subhash R. Lele
2: Models of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Practice: Implications for the Structure of Scientific Knowledge
Brian A. Maurer
2.1: Commentary
Prasanta S. Bandyopadhyay and John G. Bennett
2.2: Commentary
Mark L. Wilson
2.3: Rejoinder
Brian A. Maurer
3: Experiments, Observations, and Other Kinds of Evidence
Samuel M. Scheiner
3.1: Commentary
Marie-Josée Fortin
3.2: Commentary
Manuel C. Molles, Jr.
3.3: Rejoinder
Samuel M. Scheiner
Part 2: Logics of Evidence
Overview
V. P. Godambe
4: An Error-Statistical Philosophy of Evidence
Deborah G. Mayo
4.1: Commentary
Earl D. McCoy
4.2: Commentary
George Casella
4.3: Rejoinder
Deborah G. Mayo
5: The Likelihood Paradigm for Statistical Evidence
Richard Royall
5.1: Commentary
D. R. Cox
5.2: Commentary
Martin Curd
5.3: Rejoinder
Richard Royall
6: Why Likelihood?
Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober
6.1: Commentary
Michael Kruse
6.2: Commentary
Robert J. Boik
6.3: Rejoinder
Malcolm Forster and Elliott Sober
7: Evidence Functions and the Optimality of the Law of Likelihood
Subhash R. Lele
7.1: Commentary
Christopher C. Heyde
7.2: Commentary
Paul I. Nelson
7.3: Rejoinder
Subhash R. Lele
Part 3: Realities of Nature
Overview
Mark S. Boyce
8: Whole-Ecosystem Experiments: Replication and Arguing from Error
Jean A. Miller and Thomas M. Frost
8.1: Commentary
William A. Link
8.2: Commentary
Charles E. McCulloch
8.3: Rejoinder
Jean A. Miller
9: Dynamical Models as Paths to Evidence in Ecology
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
9.1: Commentary
Steven Hecht Orzack
9.2: Commentary
Philip M. Dixon
9.3: Rejoinder
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
10: Constraints on Negative Relationships: Mathematical Causes and Ecological Consequences
James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
10.1: Commentary
Robert D. Holt and Norman A. Slade
10.2: Commentary
Steve Cherry
10.3: Rejoinder
James H. Brown, Edward J. Bedrick, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Part 4: Science, Opinion, and Evidence
Overview
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
11: Statistics and the Scientific Method in Ecology
Brian Dennis
11.1: Commentary
Charles E. McCulloch
11.2: Commentary
Aaron M. Ellison
11.3: Rejoinder
Brian Dennis
12: Taking the Prior Seriously: Bayesian Analysis without Subjective Probability
Daniel Goodman
12.1: Commentary
Nozer D. Singpurwalla
12.2: Rejoinder
Daniel Goodman
13: Elicit Data, Not Prior: On Using Expert Opinion in Ecological Studies
Subhash R. Lele
13.1: Commentary
R. Cary Tuckfield
13.2: Commentary
Lance A. Waller
13.3: Rejoinder
Subhash R. Lele
Part 5: Models, Realities, and Evidence
Overview
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
14: Statistical Distances as Loss Functions in Assessing Model Adequacy
Bruce G. Lindsay
14.1: Commentary
D. R. Cox
14.2: Commentary
Stephen P. Ellner
14.3: Rejoinder
Bruce G. Lindsay
15: Model Identification from Many Candidates
Mark L. Taper
15.1: Commentary
Isabella Verdinelli and Larry Wasserman
15.2: Commentary
Hamparsum Bozdogan
15.3: Rejoinder
Mark L. Taper
Part 6: Conclusion
16: The Nature of Scientific Evidence: A Forward-Looking Synthesis
Mark L. Taper and Subhash R. Lele
List of Contributors
Index