Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods The topics range from seventeenth-century medicine and the circulation of blood, to the cause of the Great Depression and the effect of the California gold discoveries of 1848 upon price levels, to t
| Title | : | Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods |
| Author | : | Stephen M. Stigler |
| Format | : | Hardcover - Pages ( 512 ) |
| Rating | : | 4.87 |
| Publish Date | : | 1999-11-01 |
| Id Book | : | 0674836014 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
This lively collection of essays examines in witty detail the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument "to the table," and some of the pitfalls that have been encountered. The topics range from seventeenth-century medicine and the circulation of blood, to the cause of the Great Depression and the effect of the California gold discoveries of 1848 upon price levels, to the determinations of the shape of the Earth and the speed of light, to the meter of Virgil's poetry and the prediction of the Second Coming of Christ. The title essay tells how the statistician Karl Pearson came to issue the challenge to put "statistics on the table" to the economists Marshall, Keynes, and Pigou in 1911. The 1911 dispute involved the effect of parental alcoholism upon children, but the challenge is general and timeless: important arguments require evidence, and quantitative evidence requires statistical evaluation. Some essays examine deep and subtle statistical ideas such
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