The anonymous professor Gergonne

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(76)90009-4zbMath0334.01022OpenAlexW2060564411MaRDI QIDQ1228473

Stephen M. Stigler

Publication date: 1976

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(76)90009-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of statistics (62-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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Cites Work

• Gergonne's 1815 paper on the design and analysis of polynomial regression experiments
• The Method of Least Squares and Some Alternatives: Part I
• The 1972 Wald Lecture Robust Statistics: A Review