The epic story of maximum likelihood

DOI10.1214/07-STS249zbMath1246.01016arXiv0804.2996OpenAlexW2056635176MaRDI QIDQ449800

Stephen M. Stigler

Publication date: 1 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2996

zbMATH Keywords

R. A. Fisherefficiencymaximum likelihoodsuperefficiencyhistory of statisticssufficiencyKarl PearsonAbraham WaldHarold HotellingJerzy Neyman

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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