Download or read book Statistical Games and Human Affairs written by Roger J. Bowden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-03-31 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book puts the underlying methodology of socioeconomic statistics on a firmer footing by placing it within the ambit of inferential and predictive games. It covers such problems as learning, publication, non-response, strategic response, the nature and possibility of rational expectations, time inconsistency, intrinsic nonstationarity, and the existence of probabilities.