The Logic of Chance

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The Logic of Chance is an influential 1866 book by John Venn that helped establish the frequency interpretation of probability and advanced the philosophical foundations of statistical reasoning.

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The Logic of Chance: An Essay on the Foundations and Province of the Theory of Probability, with Especial Reference to its Logical Bearings and its Application to Moral and Social Science	1

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instanceOf	book ⓘ
author	John Venn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource	biographies of John Venn ⓘ historical accounts of probability theory ⓘ
fullTitle	The Logic of Chance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Logic of Chance: An Essay on the Foundations and Province of the Theory of Probability, with Especial Reference to its Logical Bearings and its Application to Moral and Social Science
genre	mathematics book ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ philosophy of science book ⓘ probability theory book ⓘ
hasEdition	second edition of The Logic of Chance ⓘ third edition of The Logic of Chance ⓘ
hasImpactOn	development of frequentist statistics ⓘ interpretation of statistical evidence ⓘ methodology in the social sciences ⓘ
hasPart	chapters on philosophical implications of probability ⓘ chapters on statistical methods ⓘ chapters on the theory of probability ⓘ
influenced	frequency interpretation of probability ⓘ later work in statistics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ
influencedBy	John Stuart Mill ⓘ classical probability theory ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	inductive reasoning ⓘ philosophy of probability ⓘ probability theory ⓘ statistical inference ⓘ statistics ⓘ
notableFor	developing the frequency interpretation of probability ⓘ influencing the philosophy of statistical reasoning ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	empiricism ⓘ logical empiricism (precursor ideas) ⓘ
positionInSeries	early work in frequentist probability ⓘ
publicationYear	1866 ⓘ
publisher	Macmillan and Co. ⓘ
relatedConcept	Venn ⓘ surface form: Venn diagram frequentist interpretation of probability ⓘ law of large numbers ⓘ objective probability ⓘ statistical law ⓘ
relatedWork	On the Principles of Logic ⓘ
topic	application of probability to inductive logic ⓘ interpretation of statistical laws ⓘ logical foundations of probability ⓘ relationship between probability and frequency ⓘ

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