Science is judgment, not only calculation

A reply to Aris Spanos's review of The cult of statistical significance

Authors

  • Stephen T. Ziliak Roosevelt University, United States
  • Deirdre Nansen McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v1i1.13

Keywords:

Aris Spanos, book review, reply, statistical significance, Stephen Ziliak, Deirdre McCloskey

Author Biographies

Stephen T. Ziliak, Roosevelt University, United States

Stephen T. Ziliak is professor of economics at Roosevelt University and his research fields are: welfare and poverty; economic history, rhetoric, and philosophy; and history and philosophy of science and statistics.

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Deirdre N. McCloskey is Distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Published

2008-12-16

How to Cite

Ziliak, S. T., & McCloskey, D. N. (2008). Science is judgment, not only calculation: A reply to Aris Spanos’s review of The cult of statistical significance. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 1(1), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v1i1.13

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2008): Autumn 2008

Section

Book Reviews