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Evidence-Based Statistics
An Introduction to the Evidential Approach — from Likelihood Principle to Statistical Practice
Peter M. B. Cahusac
This edition first published 2021
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank several people who influenced me during the writing of this book. I am fortunate and honoured to have made acquaintance with Professor A.W.F. Edwards (University of Cambridge) and thank him for his suggestions and reprints. I appreciate the replies to my questions from Professor P. Dixon (University of Alberta) and Dr Scott Glover (University of London). This book would have been difficult to complete without the support of my loving wife Annah Adero. Finally, this book is dedicated to the College of Medicine at Alfaisal University in Riyadh.
About the Author
Peter M.B. Cahusac graduated with BSc Hons in Psychology from St Andrews University in 1980, followed by a PhD in neuropharmacology from the Medical School Bristol University in 1984. During a post-doctoral at Oxford position, he became interested in statistics and subsequently obtained an MSc in Applied Statistics from Oxford University in 1992. He taught statistics at Stirling University from 1990 to 2012. He was elected ordinary member of the Physiological Society (UK) since 1993 and then elected Fellow (FTPS) from 2018. He has been a member