TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longford, Nicholas T.
TI  - Statistical decision theory
T2  - Springer briefs in statistics
SN  - 9783642404320
U1  - 000SA.16 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Mathematical statistics.
KW  - Statistics
KW  - MATHEMATICS / Applied
KW  - Statistical decision
N1  - Includes index; 1.Introduction --
 2.Estimating the Mean --
 3.Estimating the Variance --
 4.The Bayesian Paradigm --
 5.Data from other Distributions --
 6.Classification --
 7.Small-area Estimation --
 8.Study Design --
 Index
N2  - This monograph presents a radical rethinking of how elementary inferences should be made in statistics, implementing a comprehensive alternative to hypothesis testing in which the control of the probabilities of the errors is replaced by selecting the course of action (one of the available options) associated with the smallest expected loss. Its strength is that the inferences are responsive to the elicited or declared consequences of the erroneous decisions, and so they can be closely tailored to the client's perspective, priorities, value judgments and other prior information, together with the uncertainty about them
ER  -