#  Theories of Inference 

 



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The lecture slides are [here](/file_url/461) and the one-page-at-a-time (color) slides for printing are [here](/file_url/461).

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"Theories of Inference" covers the following topics:

1. The Impossibility of Inference without Assumptions
2. Three Theories of Inference: Overview
3. Likelihood: Example, Derivation, Properties
4. Uncertainty in Likelihood Inference
5. Simulation from Likelihood Models
6. Extending the Linear Model with a Variance Function