The Wald development of statistical decision theory addresses decision making with sample data. Wald's concept of a statistical decision function (SDF) embraces all mappings of the form [data → decision]. An SDF need not perform statistical inference; that is, it need not use data to draw...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Utilitarian Treatment of Heterogeneous Populations -- 2 The Selection Problem -- 3 Treatment Using Experimental Data -- 4 The Selection Problem with Sample Data -- References