TY  - BOOK
AU  - David, H. A.
AU  - David, H. A
AU  -  Edwards, A. W. F
TI  - Annotated Readings in the History of Statistics
T2  - Springer series in statistics., Perspectives in statistics
SN  - 9780387988443
U1  - 519.509 DAV 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  -  Springer
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Probabilities and applied mathematics
KW  - Mathematical statistics --
KW  - Statistik
KW  - Statistique mathématique -- Histoire
N1  - 	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)
N2  - "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.
ER  -