Dethier, Corey (2022) When is an ensemble like a sample? “Model-based” inferences in climate modeling. Synthese, 200. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1573-0964
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Climate scientists often apply statistical tools to a set of different estimates generated by an “ensemble” of models. In this paper, I argue that the resulting inferences are justified in the same way as any other statistical inference: what must be demonstrated is that the statistical model that licenses the inferences accurately represents the probabilistic relationship between data and target. This view of statistical practice is appropriately termed “model-based,” and I examine the use of statistics in climate fingerprinting to show how the difficulties that climate scientists encounter in applying statistics to ensemble-generated data are the practical difficulties of normal statistical practice. The upshot is that whether the application of statistics to ensemble-generated data yields trustworthy results should be expected to vary from case to case.
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| Keywords: | Climate models Ensemble methods Statistics Model-based | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Climate Science and Meteorology General Issues > Computer Simulation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Corey Dethier | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2022 17:35 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 17:35 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20261 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-0... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03477-5 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Climate Science and Meteorology General Issues > Computer Simulation Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-20 | ||||||
| Volume: | 200 | ||||||
| Number: | 0 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20261 |
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