Ronald A. Fisher’s 1921 article on mathematical statistics (submitted and read in 1921; published in 1922) was arguably the most influential article on that subject in the twentieth century, yet up to that time Fisher was primarily occupied with other pursuits. A number of previously published documents are examined in a new light to argue that the origin of that work owes a considerable (and unacknowledged) debt to a challenge issued in 1916 by Karl Pearson.
Publié le : 2005-02-14
Classification:
R. A. Fisher,
Karl Pearson,
Kirstine Smith,
maximum likelihood,
minimum chi square,
sufficiency,
history of statistics
@article{1118065041,
author = {Stigler, Stephen},
title = {Fisher in 1921},
journal = {Statist. Sci.},
volume = {20},
number = {1},
year = {2005},
pages = { 32-49},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1118065041}
}
Stigler, Stephen. Fisher in 1921. Statist. Sci., Tome 20 (2005) no. 1, pp. 32-49. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1118065041/