Should I start with Last Samurai or short stories? Or somewhere else?
I think the connection, if there is one, is that Gelman is interested in the broader world -- literature, also being a political scientist, etc -- and his statistical philosophy reflects his interest in actively engaging with the outside world in a holistic way. He is comfortable invoking ideas that are not themselves purely statistical or mathematical, and does not see statistics as a fully separate domain.
The hardcore Bayesian and Frequentist statistical philosophy stuff, in contrast, is very inside-baseball, very self-referential, mostly about the theories-in-themselves.
Always enjoy reading your posts.
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I guess I have to read Helen DeWitt now. Also, I'm glad someone noticed that Andrew Gelman's blog is like 50% literature content!
Is it a coincidence that Gelman's philosophy of statistics is deeply pragmatic?
Truly such a great literature blogger. Yes, you MUST read HDW!! I don't know enough about stats honestly to say
Should I start with Last Samurai or short stories? Or somewhere else?
I think the connection, if there is one, is that Gelman is interested in the broader world -- literature, also being a political scientist, etc -- and his statistical philosophy reflects his interest in actively engaging with the outside world in a holistic way. He is comfortable invoking ideas that are not themselves purely statistical or mathematical, and does not see statistics as a fully separate domain.
The hardcore Bayesian and Frequentist statistical philosophy stuff, in contrast, is very inside-baseball, very self-referential, mostly about the theories-in-themselves.
Those two are the ones to read yes
Good article, I'll have to read some Somers.
Pedantic comment but the proper spelling is DeWitt.
whoops thanks for pointing that out