tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987850932434001559.post2977318401649401336..comments2024-03-28T05:57:40.089+01:00Comments on The 20% Statistician: Jerzy Neyman: A Positive Role Model in the History of Frequentist StatisticsDaniel Lakenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143834258497875354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987850932434001559.post-49414484904896686212021-09-21T23:20:26.930+02:002021-09-21T23:20:26.930+02:00Thank you for sharing. He deserves more credit. Thank you for sharing. He deserves more credit. Ulrich Schimmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244014319857211622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987850932434001559.post-91245950960849209782021-09-21T10:31:30.294+02:002021-09-21T10:31:30.294+02:00An interesting post but misleading in some respect...An interesting post but misleading in some respects. Neyman desrves praise for his support of David Blackwell but the implication that in this he was somehow different from Fisher is false. Fisher supported and collaborated with many Indian statisticians (see ths Sankhya obituary here http://www.senns.uk/Sankhya_Obit_RAF.pdf) and his doctoral students included CR Rao and the Ghanaian Ebenezer Laing. (It is interesting to note that PV Sukhatme, whose work Fisher liked, studied for a PhD with Neyman and a DSc with Fisher, consistent with the point of view that attitudes to non-European researchers does not really separate them.) Furthermore, Neyman's enthusiasm for communism had its negative side. It proved to be an embarassment for Polish statisticians who had to live the reality of the paradise he imagined.<br />As regards significance and hypothesis testing, in my opinion. the difference between Neyman and Pearson and Fisher has little to do with P-values versus rejection but more to do with the role of alternative hypotheses (crucial for Neyman and not needed by Fisher) and conditioning (important for Fisher but less obviously so for Neyman).<br /><br />(Small point There is a typo. Neyman was born in 1894. Also, I suppose it is debatable as to whether Bender, Neyman's place of birth, should be described as being in Russia.)<br />Stephen Sennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626984605433782027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987850932434001559.post-7346792757196071302021-09-21T05:38:17.346+02:002021-09-21T05:38:17.346+02:00Thanks Daniel for taking your time and efforts in ...Thanks Daniel for taking your time and efforts in writing this post. Very interesting and much appreciated. I see a typo error in Neyman birth year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610299745286311656noreply@blogger.com