Karl Pearson -- the scientific life in a statistical age by Theodore M. Porter: a review

DOI10.1111/j.1751-5823.2009.00068.xMaRDI QIDQ6573828

Herbert A. David

Publication date: 17 July 2024

Published in: International Statistical Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

goodness-of-fitcorrelation coefficienthistory of statisticsPearson curvesGaltoneugenicsbiometrikagrammar of scienceYoung Karl Pearson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Multivariate analysis (62Hxx) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01Axx)

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