The Sure-Thing Principle
In 1954, Jim Savage introduced the Sure Thing Principle to demonstrate that preferences among actions could constitute an axiomatic basis for a Bayesian foundation of statistical inference. Here, we trace the history of the principle, discuss some of its nuances, and evaluate its significance in the...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Causal Inference |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2016-0005 |