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Probability Theory_The Logic of Science "The actual science of logic is conversant at present only with things either certain, impossible, or entirely doubtful, none of which (fortunately) we have to reason on. Therefore the true logic for this world is the calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability which is, or ought to be, in a reasonable man's mind." ---James Clerk Maxwell (1850)
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Probability Theory:
The Logic of Science
by
E. T. Jaynes
Wayman Crow Professor of Physics
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130, U. S. A.
Dedicated to the Memory of Sir Harold Jereys,
who saw the truth and preserved it.
Fragmentary Edition of March 1996. Copyright
c
1995 by Edwin T. Jaynes.
i i
PROBABILITY THEORY { THE LOGIC OF SCIENCE
Short Contents
PART A - PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTARY APPLICATIONS
Chapter 1 Plausible Reasoning
Chapter 2 Quantitative Rules: The Cox Theorems
Chapter 3 Elementary Sampling Theory
Chapter 4 Elementary Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 5 Queer Uses for Probability Theory
Chapter 6 Elementary Parameter Estimation
Chapter 7 The Central Gaussian, or Normal, Distribution
Chapter 8 Suciency, Ancillarity, and All That
Chapter 9 Repetitive Exp eriments: Probability and Frequency
Chapter 10 Physics of \Random Experiments"
Chapter 11 The Entropy Principle
Chapter 12 Ignorance Priors { Transformation Groups
Chapter 13 Decision Theory: Historical Survey
Chapter 14 Simple Applications of Decision Theory
Chapter 15 Paradoxes of Probability Theory
Chapter 16 Orthodox Statistics: Historical Background
Chapter 17 Principles and Pathology of Orthodox Statistics
Chapter 18 The A
p
{Distribution and Rule of Succession
PART B{ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
Chapter 19 Physical Measurements
Chapter 20 Regression and Linear Mo dels
Chapter 21 Estimation with Cauchy and
t
{Distributions
Chapter 22 Time Series Analysis and Autoregressive Mo dels
Chapter 23 Spectrum / Shap e Analysis
Chapter 24 Model Comparison and Robustness
Chapter 25 Image Reconstruction
Chapter 26 Marginalization Theory
Chapter 27 Communication Theory
Chapter 28 Optimal Antenna and Filter Design
Chapter 29 Statistical Mechanics
Chapter 30 Maximum Entropy { Matrix Formulation
APPENDICES
Appendix A Other Approaches to Probability Theory
Appendix B Formalities and Mathematical Style
Appendix C Convolutions and Cumulants
Appendix D Dirichlet Integrals and Generating Functions
Appendix E The Binomial { Gaussian Hierarchy of Distributions
Appendix F Fourier Analysis
Appendix G Innite Series
Appendix H Matrix Analysis and Computation
Appendix I Computer Programs
REFERENCES
ii ii
PROBABILITY THEORY { THE LOGIC OF SCIENCE
Long Contents
PART A { PRINCIPLES and ELEMENTARY APPLICATIONS
Chapter 1 PLAUSIBLE REASONING
Deductive and Plausible Reasoning 101
Analogies with Physical Theories 103
The Thinking Computer 104
Introducing the Rob ot 105
Boolean Algebra 106
Adequate Sets of Operations 108
The Basic Desiderata 111
COMMENTS 114
Common Language vs. Formal Logic 115
Nitpicking 116
Chapter 2 THE QUANTITATIVE RULES
The Product Rule 201
The Sum Rule 206
Qualitative Properties 210
Numerical Values 212
Notation and Finite Sets Policy 217
COMMENTS 218
\Sub jective" vs. \Ob jective" 218
Godel's Theorem 218
Venn Diagrams 220
The \Kolmogorov Axioms" 222
Chapter 3 ELEMENTARY SAMPLING THEORY
Sampling Without Replacement 301
Logic Versus Propensity 308
Reasoning from Less Precise Information 311
Expectations 313
Other Forms and Extensions 314
Probability as a Mathematical Tool 315
The Binomial Distribution 315
Sampling With Replacement 318
Digression: A Sermon on Reality vs. Mo dels 318
Correction for Correlations 320
Simplication 326
COMMENTS 327
A Look Ahead 328
iii CONTENTS iii
Chapter 4 ELEMENTARY HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Prior Probabilities 401
Testing Binary Hypotheses with Binary Data 404
Non{Extensibility Beyond the Binary Case 410
Multiple Hypothesis Testing 411
Continuous Probability Distributions (pdf 's) 418
Testing an Innite Number of Hypotheses 420
Simple and Compound (or Comp osite) Hypotheses 424
COMMENTS 425
Etymology 425
What HaveWe Accomplished? 426
Chapter 5 QUEER USES FOR PROBABILITY THEORY
Extrasensory Perception 501
Mrs. Stewart's Telepathic Powers 502
Converging and Diverging Views 507
Visual Perception { Evolution into Bayesianity? 512
The Discovery of Neptune 513
Digression on Alternative Hypotheses 514
Horseracing and Weather Forecasting 518
Paradoxes of Intuition 521
Bayesian Jurisprudence 521
COMMENTS 523
Chapter 6 ELEMENTARYPARAMETER ESTIMATION
Inversion of the Urn Distributions 601
Both N and R Unknown 601
Uniform Prior 604
Truncated Uniform Priors 607
A Concave Prior 609
The Binomial Monkey Prior 610
Metamorphosis into Continuous Parameter Estimation 612
Estimation with a Binomial Sampling Distribution 613
Digression on Optional Stopping 615
The Likelihood Principle 616
Compound Estimation Problems 617
A Simple Bayesian Estimate: Quantitative Prior Information 618
From Posterior Distribution to Estimate 621
Back to the Problem 624
Eects of Qualitative Prior Information 626
The Jereys Prior 629
The PointofitAll 630
Interval Estimation 632
Calculation of Variance 632
Generalization and Asymptotic Forms 634
A More Careful Asymptotic Derivation 635
COMMENTS 636
iv CONTENTS iv
Chapter 7 THE CENTRAL GAUSSIAN, OR NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
The Gravitating Phenomenon 701
The Herschel{Maxwell Derivation 702
The Gauss Derivation 703
Historical Imp ortance of Gauss' Result 704
The Landon Derivation 705
Why the Ubiquitous Use of Gaussian Distributions? 707
Why the Ubiquitous Success? 709
The Near{Irrelevance of Sampling Distributions 711
The Remarkable Eciency of Information Transfer 712
Nuisance Parameters as Safety Devices 713
More General Properties 714
Convolution of Gaussians 715
Galton's Discovery 715
Population Dynamics and Darwinian Evolution 717
Resolution of Distributions into Gaussians 719
The Central Limit Theorem 722
Accuracy of Computations 723
COMMENTS 724
Terminology Again 724
The Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn 726
Chapter 8 SUFFICIENCY, ANCILLARITY, AND ALL THAT
Suciency 801
Fisher Suciency 803
Generalized Suciency 804
Examples
Suciency Plus Nuisance Parameters
The Pitman{Koopman Theorem
The Likelihood Principle
Eect of Nuisance Parameters
Use of Ancillary Information
Relation to the Likelihoo d Principle
Asymptotic Likelihood: Fisher Information
Combining Evidence from Dierent Sources: Meta{Analysis
Pooling the Data
Fine{Grained Prop ositions: Sam's Broken Thermometer
COMMENTS
The Fallacy of Sample Re{use
AFolk{Theorem
Eect of Prior Information
Clever Tricks and Gamesmanship
Chapter 9 REPETITIVE EXPERIMENTS { PROBABILITY AND FREQUENCY
Physical Experiments 901
The Poorly Informed Rob ot 902
Induction 905
Partition Function Algorithms 907
Relation to Generating Functions 911
Another Way of Lo oking AtIt 912
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