Talk:Statistical inference

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Please merge the pages 'statistical inference' and 'Inferential statistics' , but be aware that the page on statistical inference has more concice information than the other page.

Thanks for making this article. I've been wanting it for a long time. It has a bearing on environmental issues, because the case for a global warming catastrophe or ozone depletion is entirely based on statistics. User:Ed Poor

(William M. Connolley 21:49, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)) Actually thats not true. In the case of ozone, the obs and theory are suffiently good that statistics aren't needed. GW has theory, modelling and obs too, but stats are important too.

Thanks for the information on this page. I'm not in favor of merging this page with Inferential statistics or statistical induction. I can see how the statistical inference page compliments the inferential statistics page, but for myself... I needed the information on this page (statistical inference) alone and do not at this time need the depth of information on the other page (inferential statistics). [User: C. Lawson]

Why is that an objection to the proposed merger? No one's proposing getting rid of this information---just incorporating some of it into that other article, and maybe putting some of it somewhere else. Michael Hardy 22:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)