Probabilités, démographie et sciences sociales

Bibliographic Data

ID19040085
AuthorsDaniel Courgeau (0000-0003-4146-9879, Institut national d’études démographiques, 133 bd Davout Paris 75980 cedex 20, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume167
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMathématiques et sciences humaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0987-6936 • E-ISSN: 1950-6821
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/msh.2933
OpenAlexW1905111730
LanguageFR
References cited9

This paper considers the different approaches to probability, that has been developed from the XVIIth century, compared to the simultaneous development of social sciences. If the frequency-type approach, for which the probability is the mathematical limit to which the relative frequency of an outcome converges, the epistemological approach, for which the probability concerns the available evidence it is reasonable to have a degree of belief in the truth of a given proposition, seems to be more suitable for social sciences. A presentation and a discussion of these two approaches are made here, with numerous examples of application to social sciences

Econometrics · Epistemology · Mathematical economics · Physics · Proposition · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Probability and Statistical Research

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