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Author | : Stephen M. Stigler |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1990-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674256859 |
This magnificent book is the first comprehensive history of statistics from its beginnings around 1700 to its emergence as a distinct and mature discipline around 1900. Stephen M. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences including astronomy, geodesy, experimental psychology, genetics, and sociology. He addresses many intriguing questions: How did scientists learn to combine measurements made under different conditions? And how were they led to use probability theory to measure the accuracy of the result? Why were statistical methods used successfully in astronomy long before they began to play a significant role in the social sciences? How could the introduction of least squares predate the discovery of regression by more than eighty years? On what grounds can the major works of men such as Bernoulli, De Moivre, Bayes, Quetelet, and Lexis be considered partial failures, while those of Laplace, Galton, Edgeworth, Pearson, and Yule are counted as successes? How did Galton’s probability machine (the quincunx) provide him with the key to the major advance of the last half of the nineteenth century? Stigler’s emphasis is upon how, when, and where the methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty in experimental and observational science, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences. He describes with care the scientific context in which the different methods evolved and identifies the problems (conceptual or mathematical) that retarded the growth of mathematical statistics and the conceptual developments that permitted major breakthroughs. Statisticians, historians of science, and social and behavioral scientists will gain from this book a deeper understanding of the use of statistical methods and a better grasp of the promise and limitations of such techniques. The product of ten years of research, The History of Statistics will appeal to all who are interested in the humanistic study of science.
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Michael Cowles |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2005-04-11 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1135660891 |
This book presents an historical overview of the field--from its development to the present--at an accessible mathematical level. This edition features two new chapters--one on factor analysis and the other on the rise of ANOVA usage in psychological research. Written for psychology, as well as other social science students, this book introduces the major personalities and their roles in the development of the field. It provides insight into the disciplines of statistics and experimental design through the examination of the character of its founders and the nature of their views, which were sometimes personal and ideological, rather than objective and scientific. It motivates further study by illustrating the human component of this field, adding dimension to an area that is typically very technical. Intended for advanced undergraduate and/or graduate students in psychology and other social sciences, this book will also be of interest to instructors and/or researchers interested in the origins of this omnipresent discipline.
Author | : Stephen M. Stigler |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2002-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674009790 |
This lively collection of essays examines statistical ideas with an ironic eye for their essence and what their history can tell us for current disputes. The topics range from 17th-century medicine and the circulation of blood, to the cause of the Great Depression, to the determinations of the shape of the Earth and the speed of light.
Author | : B. R. Mitchell |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 912 |
Release | : 1988-09-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521330084 |
This 1988 reference book provides the major economic and social statistical series for the British Isles from the twelfth century up until 1980-81. The text provides informed access to a wide range of economic data, without the labour of identifying sources or of transforming many different annual sources into a comparable time series.
Author | : Susan B. Carter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Census |
ISBN | : |
This quantitative history is composed of statistical tables plus interpretive essays that contextualize the data.
Author | : Judy L. Klein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1997-10-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521420464 |
"This work documents the history of techniques that statisticians use to manipulate economic, meteorological, biological, and physical data taken from observations recorded over time. The decomposition tools include index numbers, moving averages, relative time frameworks, and the use of differences (i.e., subtracting one observation from the previous value in the series). This history is accessible to students with a basic knowledge of statistics, as well as financial analysts, statisticians, and historians of economic thought and science."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : James Lawrence Watkins |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : Susan B. Carter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 904 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This quantitative history is composed of statistical tables plus interpretive essays that contextualize the data.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Canada |
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