Keith O’Rourke | The Logic of Statistics

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.

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Youtube: https://youtu.be/FqE4ROHBKpY

Podbean: https://dataandsciencepodcast.podbean.com/e/keith-o-rourke-the-logic-of-statistics/

Topic List:

0:00 - The logic of statistics

0:30 - What is scientific statistics?

5:15 - The logic of statistics and CS Pierce

9:15 - Role of representation in statistics: explicit vs implicit

14:13 - Diagrammatic Reasoning

18:45 - Why is modeling counterfactual?

19:33 - How can statisticians become better scientists?

28:40 - Science is hard

31:24 - Computational approaches to learning

42:00 - Learning through metaphor

46:28 - Diagrammatic representations vs math

48:40 - Is science too statistics-focussed? 

59:35 - Is statistics sufficiently science-focussed? 

1:08:40 - Scientific Debate

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