Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXXII

1973/01/01 by Stephen M. Stigler · 4 citations
Mathematics · Arts and Humanities · #Probability and Statistical Research #Statistics Education and Methodologies #Philosophy and History of Science

paper · doi:10.1093/biomet/60.3.439

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Abstract

R. A. Fisher's 1920 discovery of sufficiency while studying competing estimators of standard deviations is discussed. It is shown how Laplace completed a similar investigation a century earlier attempting to improve upon least squares, yet did not abstract the concept.

Citations

• On the mathematical foundations of theoretical statistics

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