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"An essential work on the origins of statistics. The Rise of Statistical Thinking explores the history of statistics from the field's origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Theodore M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Edición:New edition.
Temas:
Mathematical statistics > History.
SCIENCE > History.
Mathematical statistics
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • preface to the new edition
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE SOCIAL CALCULUS
  • Chapter One. STATISTICS AS SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Chapter Two. THE LAWS THAT GOVERN CHAOS
  • Chapter Three. FROM NATURE'S URN TO THE INSURANCE OFFICE
  • THE SUPREME LAW OF UNREASON
  • Chapter Four. THE ERRORS OF ART AND NATURE
  • Chapter Five. SOCIAL LAW AND NATURAL SCIENCE
  • THE SCIENCE OF UNCERTAINTY
  • Chapter Six. STATISTICAL LAW AND HUMAN FREEDOM
  • Chapter Seven. TIME'S ARROW AND STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY IN PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY
  • POLYMATHY AND DISCIPLINE
  • Chapter Eight. THE MATHEMATICS OF STATISTICS
  • Chapter Nine. THE ROOTS OF BIOMETRICAL STATISTICS
  • CONCLUSION
  • INDEX

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