Classic topics on the history of modern mathematical statistics : from Laplace to more recent times /

Gorroochurn, Prakash, 1971-

Classic topics on the history of modern mathematical statistics : from Laplace to more recent times / Prakash Gorroochurn. - 1 online resource (1,000 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Laplacean revolution -- Galton, regression, and correlation -- Karl Pearson's chi-squared goodness-of-fit test -- Student's test -- the Fisherian legacy -- Beyond Fisher and Neyman-Pearson.

9781119127949


Mathematical statistics--History.
Probabilities--History.


Electronic books.

QA276.15 / .G67 2016

519.509