Karl Pearson's theoretical errors and the advances they inspired

DOI10.1214/08-STS256zbMath1327.62013arXiv0808.4032MaRDI QIDQ900464

Stephen M. Stigler

Publication date: 22 December 2015

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.4032

zbMATH Keywords

R. A. Fisherchi-square testhistory of statisticsKarl Pearsondegrees of freedomparametric inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistics (62-03)

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