W. F. Sheppard's correspondence with Karl Pearson and the development of his tables and moment estimates

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2020.06.002zbMath1462.62009OpenAlexW3041731290MaRDI QIDQ2660408

Lori L. Murray, David R. Bellhouse

Publication date: 30 March 2021

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2020.06.002

zbMATH Keywords

history of statisticsKarl Pearsoncorrections of moment estimatesnormal distribution tablesSheppard's corrections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of statistics (62-03) Statistical tables (62Q05)

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