David, H. A. creator David, H. A Edwards, A. W. F text New York Springer ©2001 monographic eng

print

xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm. "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. 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). / H. A. David Mathematics Probabilities and applied mathematics Mathematical statistics -- Statistik Statistique mathématique -- Histoire 519.509 DAV 9780387988443 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 220329 20220329202326.0