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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 | : 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 | : Anders Hald |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2008-08-24 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0387464093 |
This book offers a detailed history of parametric statistical inference. Covering the period between James Bernoulli and R.A. Fisher, it examines: binomial statistical inference; statistical inference by inverse probability; the central limit theorem and linear minimum variance estimation by Laplace and Gauss; error theory, skew distributions, correlation, sampling distributions; and the Fisherian Revolution. Lively biographical sketches of many of the main characters are featured throughout, including Laplace, Gauss, Edgeworth, Fisher, and Karl Pearson. Also examined are the roles played by DeMoivre, James Bernoulli, and Lagrange.
Author | : Shoutir Kishore Chatterjee |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780198525318 |
In this unique monograph, based on years of extensive work, Chatterjee presents the historical evolution of statistical thought from the perspective of various approaches to statistical induction. Developments in statistical concepts and theories are discussed alongside philosophical ideas on the ways we learn from experience.
Author | : United States. Bureau of the Census |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 986 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Charles C. Goss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Church statistics |
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Author | : Alain Desrosières |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674009691 |
Begins with study of history of statistics, and shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments.
Author | : Rupert Patrick |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2021-05-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1476640890 |
Drawing on the author's 30-year study of football statistics, this book presents new methods for analyzing the game in different ways. An examination of known distances for missed field goals offers an accurate method for evaluating placekickers. Reassessments of punters and running backs are included, along with an overhaul of the NFL's passer rating system. Topics previously unexplored through statistics are covered, such as momentum, defining "What is a dynasty?" and "What is a Cinderella team?"
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 | : Stephen M. Stigler |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780674403413 |
Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His emphasis is upon how methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences.