Professor Michael Evans

Professor Michael Evans
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont. M5S 3G3
416-287-7274

The Subject of Statistics and its Role in Science

A video made for a series created by Quantum Talent which is an online learning platform operating under the auspices of the National Quantum Computing Hub (NQCH) in Singapore. The video is available on the Quantum Talent site or on Youtube. The video was made while I was visiting the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore in 2025.

Encyclopedia article on statistical evidence featured in online magazine (November, 2024)

The article in Science Featured can be found here and the article in Encyclopedia can be found here.

Two lectures on this paper can be found under Talks on Video.

Interview in Philosophy of Data Science Series (May, 2021)

Interview Philosophy of Data Science Series

Book (June, 2015)

Measuring Statistical Evidence Using Relative Belief by Michael Evans

Evidence is what causes beliefs to change so evidence is measured by change in belief.

Personal Information
Teaching
Books, Papers and Research
Code for Relative Belief
Talks on Video
Measuring Statistical Evidence (comments about the central purpose of any statistical theory)
Reviews
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UTSC
Department of Statistical Sciences, St. George
Howard Roberts - a website on a favourite guitarist that I maintain.

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