Measuring statistical evidence using relative belief

Content: Statistical Problems  Introduction  Statistical Problems  Statistical Models  Infinity and Continuity in Statistics  The Principle of Empirical Criticism  The Concept of Utility  The Principle of Frequentism  Statistical Inferences  Example Concluding Comments         Probability  Introduction  Principle of Insufficient Reason  Subjective Probability  Relative Frequency Probability  Concluding Comments         Characterizing Statistical Evidence  Introduction  Pure Likelihood Inference  Sufficiency, Ancillarity and Completeness  P-values and Confidence  Bayesian Inferences  Fiducial Inference  Concluding Comments         Measuring Statistical Evidence Using Relative Belief  Introduction  Relative Belief Ratios and Evidence  Other Proposed Measures of Evidence  Measuring the Strength of the Evidence  Inference Based on Relative Belief Ratios  Measuring the Bias in the Evidence  Properties of Relative Belief Inferences  Concluding Comments  Appendix         Choosing and Checking the Model and Prior  Introduction  Choosing the Model  Choosing the Prior  Checking the Ingredients  Checking the Model  Checking the Prior  Modifying the Prior  Concluding Comments         Conclusions         Appendix: The Definition of Density     Bibliography     Index