Richard von Mises and the ``problem of two races: a statistical satire in 1934

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2006.05.004zbMath1122.01015OpenAlexW2072647286MaRDI QIDQ997157

Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, Sandy L. Zabell

Publication date: 23 July 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2006.05.004

zbMATH Keywords

hypothesis testingvon MisesLudwig BieberbachOtto NeurathBayesian statistical inferencefrequency theory of probabilityGeorge PólyaLudwig Marcuseracist policies of nazi Germany

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistics (62-03) History of probability theory (60-03)

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