The History of Statistics

The History of Statistics

Author: Stephen M. Stigler

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780674403413

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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.