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

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Main Author: Gorroochurn, Prakash, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 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.