R.A. Fisher: An Appreciation

1980
ISBN: 978-0-387-90476-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Statistics

From the reviews: "This collection of essays surveys the most important of Fisher's papers in various areas of statistics. ... ... the monograph will be a useful source of reference to most of Fisher's major papers; it will certainly provide background material for much vigorous discussion." # Australian Journal of Statistics #1

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fienberg, Stephen E.

Hinkley, David V.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

R. A. Fisher: Some Introductory Remarks.- Fisher: The Early Years.- Distribution of the Correlation Coefficient.- Fisher and the Analysis of Variance.- Randomization and Design: I.- Randomization and Design: II.- Basic Theory of the 1922 Mathematical Statistics Paper.- Fisher and the Method of Moments.- Fisher’s Contributions to the Analysis of Categorical Data.- Theory of Statistical Estimation: The 1925 Paper.- Some Numerical Illustrations of Fisher’s Theory of Statistical Estimation.- Fisher’s Development of Conditional Inference.- Fiducial Inference.- The Behrens-Fisher and Fieller-Creasy Problems.- Fisher, Jeffreys, and the Nature of Probability.- Discriminant Analysis.- Distribution on the Sphere.- Smoking and Lung Cancer.- Appendix: Publications of R.A. Fisher.