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Annotated Readings in the History of Statistics / H. A. David

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Series: Springer series in statistics., Perspectives in statisticsPublication details: New York : Springer, ©2001Description: xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780387988443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.509 DAV
Contents:
The Introduction of the Concept of Expectation: Comments on Pascal (1654) -- The First Formal Test of Significance: Comments on Arbuthnott (1710) -- Coincidences and the Method of Inclusion and Exclusion: Comments of Montmort (1713), N. Bernoulli (1713), and de Moivre (1718). On the Game of Thirteen / P.R. de Montmort. Letter from Nicholas Bernoulli to Montmort on the Game of Thirteen, reproduced in Montmort (1713, p. 301). The Doctrine of Chances, Problem XXV / A. de Moivre -- The Determination of the Accuracy of Observations: Comments on Gauss (1816). The Determination of the Accuracy of Observations / C.F. Gauss -- The Introduction of Asymptotic Relative Efficiency: Comments on Laplace (1818).
Summary: "This book provides a selection of pioneering papers or extracts ranging from Pascal (1654) to R.A. Fisher (1930). The authors' annotations put the articles in perspective for the modern reader. A special feature of the book is the large number of translations, nearly all made by the authors. The selected articles vary considerably in difficulty, some requiring only a basic understanding of statistical concepts, whereas others surprise by their early sophistication in "classical" statistics."--Jacket.
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The Introduction of the Concept of Expectation: Comments on Pascal (1654) --
The First Formal Test of Significance: Comments on Arbuthnott (1710) --
Coincidences and the Method of Inclusion and Exclusion: Comments of Montmort (1713), N. Bernoulli (1713), and de Moivre (1718). On the Game of Thirteen / P.R. de Montmort. Letter from Nicholas Bernoulli to Montmort on the Game of Thirteen, reproduced in Montmort (1713, p. 301). The Doctrine of Chances, Problem XXV / A. de Moivre --
The Determination of the Accuracy of Observations: Comments on Gauss (1816). The Determination of the Accuracy of Observations / C.F. Gauss --
The Introduction of Asymptotic Relative Efficiency: Comments on Laplace (1818).

"This book provides a selection of pioneering papers or extracts ranging from Pascal (1654) to R.A. Fisher (1930). The authors' annotations put the articles in perspective for the modern reader. A special feature of the book is the large number of translations, nearly all made by the authors. The selected articles vary considerably in difficulty, some requiring only a basic understanding of statistical concepts, whereas others surprise by their early sophistication in "classical" statistics."--Jacket.

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