To Explain or to Predict?
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To Explain or to Predict?
Statistical modeling is a powerful tool for developing and testing theories by way of causal explanation, prediction, and description. In many disciplines there is near-exclusive use of statistical modeling for causal explanation and the assumption that models with high explanatory power are inherently of high predictive power. Conflation between explanation and prediction is common, yet the di...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Statistical Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0883-4237
DOI: 10.1214/10-sts330