[This is] a lively and controversial history...well captured in the
second major book on the history of statistics by Stephen M.
Stigler...In reading this collection, I was struck with the amount
of scholarship and thought that went into each of the essays and
with the liveliness and wit of the author's writing style.--Paul S.
Levy "Perspectives in Biology and Medicine "
A well-selected collection of 22 essays--some involving major
central mathematical ideas, others of a more popular nature--that
vividly explore a number of interesting topics about a subject with
so many diverse applications.--Nestor Osorio "Library Journal "
In "Statistics on the Table", statistician and historian of science
Stephen M. Stigler collects and revises 22 of his scholarly and
often witty essays from the past 25 years reflecting the
combination of detective work and statistical thinking that
characterize his research.--Valerie M. Chase "American Scientist
"
Mainstream statistical topics (e.g. maximum likelihood, degrees of
freedom, regression toward the mean) and various statistical
writers (particularly Karl Pearson, Jevons, Edgeworth, Galton,
Bayes, Gauss and Cauchy) are discussed, as well as some historical
curiosities...Any biometrician should find plenty in it to
fascinate, enlighten and entertain.--D. A. Preece"Biometrics"
(12/01/2000)
Stephen Stigler's 1986 book "The History of Statistics: The
Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900" was greeted with enthusiasm
by both staticians and historians for its penetrating overview of
developments in probabilistically oriented statistics before 1900.
This new volume, too, will be of interest to both statisticians and
historians...What is the same in this book-or, indeed, even
better-is the sparkling and witty style...This book should without
question have a place on the bookshelf of every person interested
in the history of statistics.--Ida H. Stamhuis "ISIS "
Stigler's useful, readable, and valuable book, with its numerous
illuminating illustrations and plentiful insights, is an
authoritative and definitive work in the early development of
mathematical statistics, and a delightful examination in witty
detail of the contributions of Gauss, Laplace, deMoivre, Bayes,
Galton, Lexis, James Bernoulli, Quetelet, Edgeworth, and others.
With humor and conviction, Stigler describes vividly the events
leading to the emergence of statistical concepts and methods.--D.
V. Chopra "Choice "
[This book's] title comes from a letter written to the London
"Times" in 1910 by the statistician Karl Pearson, exhorting critics
of one of his studies to set aside mere opinions and put their
'statistics on the table.' Stigler uses this and other stories to
relate the history of his subject, describing along the way the
idiosyncratic individuals who have brought logic and mathematical
rigor to a frequently confusing area of analysis. The reader who is
not alarmed by the occasional graph or simple equation will find
this a penetrating and entertaining account.
In Statistics on the Table, statistician and historian of science
Stephen M. Stigler collects and revises 22 of his scholarly and
often witty essays from the past 25 years reflecting the
combination of detective work and statistical thinking that
characterize his research.
Stephen Stigler's 1986 book The History of Statistics: The
Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900 was greeted with enthusiasm
by both staticians and historians for its penetrating overview of
developments in probabilistically oriented statistics before 1900.
This new volume, too, will be of interest to both statisticians and
historians ... What is the same in this book-or, indeed, even
better-is the sparkling and witty style ... This book should
without question have a place on the bookshelf of every person
interested in the history of statistics.
are discussed, as well as some historical curiosities...Any
biometrician should find plenty in it to fascinate, enlighten and
entertain.
confusing area of analysis. The reader who is not alarmed by the
occasional graph or simple equation will find this a penetrating
and entertaining account.
reflecting the combination of detective work and statistical
thinking that characterize his research.
sparkling and witty style... This book should without question have
a place on the bookshelf of every person interested in the history
of statistics.
the emergence of statistical concepts and methods.
thought that went into each of the essays and with the liveliness
and wit of the author's writing style.
ÝThis book's¨ title comes from a letter written to the London
"Times" in 1910 by the statistician Karl Pearson, exhorting critics
of one of his studies to set aside mere opinions and put their
'statistics on the table.' Stigler uses this and other stories to
relate the history of his subject, describing along the way the
idiosyncratic individuals who have brought logic and mathematical
rigor to a frequently confusing area of analysis. The reader who is
not alarmed by the occasional graph or simple equation will find
this a penetrating and entertaining account.
ÝThis is¨ a lively and controversial history...well captured in the
second major book on the history of statistics by Stephen M.
Stigler...In reading this collection, I was struck with the amount
of scholarship and thought that went into each of the essays and
with the liveliness and wit of the author's writing style. -- Paul
S. Levy "Perspectives in Biology and Medicine"
If you have an interest in the history of statistics and also
history in relationship to statistics, you will want this book. The
standard for scholarship within the statistical community has never
been any higher than it is here.
In "Statistics on the Table," statistician and historian of science
Stephen M. Stigler collects and revises 22 of his scholarly and
often witty essays from the past 25 years reflecting the
combination of detective work and statistical thinking that
characterize his research. -- Valerie M. Chase "American Scientist"
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