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JEHPS: Recent publications in the history of probability and statistics; Electronic Journ@l for History of Probability and Statistics/Journ@l Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilitéet de la Statistique; Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics (Univ. of Southampton) Probability and Statistics on the Earliest Uses Pages (Univ. of ...
John Aldrich (2008), Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics; John Aldrich (2008), Probability and Statistics on the Earliest Uses Pages; Michael Friendly and Daniel J. Denis (2008). "Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography, Statistical Graphics, and Data Visualization: An illustrated chronology of innovations"
Early probability theory and statistics was systematized in the 19th century and statistical reasoning and probability models were used by social scientists to advance the new sciences of experimental psychology and sociology, and by physical scientists in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
Pages in category "History of probability and statistics" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Probability and statistics are two closely related fields in mathematics, sometimes combined for academic purposes. They are covered in several articles: Probability; Statistics; Glossary of probability and statistics; Notation in probability and statistics; Timeline of probability and statistics
Statistics is the theory and application of mathematics to the scientific method including hypothesis generation, experimental design, sampling, data collection, data summarization, estimation, prediction and inference from those results to the population from which the experimental sample was drawn.
The Taming of Chance has been described as ground-breaking. [3] The book received positive reviews from the statistician Dennis Lindley in Nature, [4] the philosopher Stephen P. Turner in the American Journal of Sociology, [5] the historian of science Theodore M. Porter in American Scientist and in Poetics Today, [6] [7] and Timothy L. Alborn in Isis. [8]
It includes the founders of statistics and others. It includes some 17th- and 18th-century mathematicians and polymaths whose work is regarded as influential in shaping the later discipline of statistics. Also included are various actuaries, economists, and demographers known for providing leadership in applying statistics to their fields.