Statistical inference on the circle may strongly depend on the chosen reference system. Here, we introduce necessary and sufficient conditions to avoid inferential problems and misinterpretation of ...

1 Introduction: Consequences of Numerical Inaccuracy 1 -- 1.1 Importance of Understanding Computational Statistics 1 -- 1.2 Brief History: Duhem to the Twenty-First Century 3 -- 1.3 Motivating Example ...

Two major goals in the study of biological systems are inference and prediction. Inference creates a mathematical model of the data-generation process to formalize understanding or test a hypothesis ...