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19 relations: Accuracy and precision, Ad hoc hypothesis, Argument from authority, Coefficient of determination, Critical rationalism, David Deutsch, Demeter, Empiricism, Falsifiability, Greek mythology, Hans Albert, Hypothesis, Karl Popper, Mean squared prediction error, Occam's razor, Philosophical razor, Predictive power, Season, Theory.
Accuracy and precision
Precision is a description of random errors, a measure of statistical variability.
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Ad hoc hypothesis
In science and philosophy, an ad hoc hypothesis is a hypothesis added to a theory in order to save it from being falsified.
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Argument from authority
An argument from authority, also called an appeal to authority, or argumentum ad verecundiam is a form of defeasible argument in which a claimed authority's support is used as evidence for an argument's conclusion.
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Coefficient of determination
In statistics, the coefficient of determination, denoted R2 or r2 and pronounced "R squared", is the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).
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Critical rationalism
Critical rationalism is an epistemological philosophy advanced by Karl Popper.
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David Deutsch
David Elieser Deutsch (born 18 May 1953) is an Israeli-born British physicist at the University of Oxford.
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Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr,; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth.
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Empiricism
In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.
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Falsifiability
A statement, hypothesis, or theory has falsifiability (or is falsifiable) if it can logically be proven false by contradicting it with a basic statement.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.
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Hans Albert
Hans Albert (born 8 February 1921) is a German philosopher.
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Hypothesis
A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
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Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher and professor.
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Mean squared prediction error
In statistics the mean squared prediction error or mean squared error of the predictions of a smoothing or curve fitting procedure is the expected value of the squared difference between the fitted values implied by the predictive function \widehat and the values of the (unobservable) function g. It is an inverse measure of the explanatory power of \widehat, and can be used in the process of cross-validation of an estimated model.
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Occam's razor
Occam's razor (also Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: lex parsimoniae "law of parsimony") is the problem-solving principle that, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.
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Philosophical razor
In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate ("shave off") unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions.
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Predictive power
The concept of predictive power differs from explanatory and descriptive power (where phenomena that are already known are retrospectively explained or described by a given theory) in that it allows a prospective test of theoretical understanding.
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Season
A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and amount of daylight.
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Theory
A theory is a contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking.
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