Hi all, I apologize for this off-topic question but I need your help -- I know there are lots of experts here. As a lover and student of statistics, I am thinking of building a tree of various branches of statistics and keeping track of the greatest historical inventions/discoveries in statistics and the latest development of each branch. The goal is to understand in what context did the great inventions come out and then try to follow the greatest minds in terms of creating future significant inventions/discoveries in the statistics field... This is the "learn-from-the-greatest-minds" approach. Could anybody give me some pointers about existing books/articles about the greatest inventions/discoveries in statistics? And topic list? Thanks a lot!
markleeds at verizon.net
2009-Jun-18 20:11 UTC
[R] off topic but need your pointers about statistics
agresti's book ( forget which one. there are two ) has an appendix about the history of categorical data that i remember being quite interesting. that's the only one i know of. On Jun 18, 2009, Michael <comtech.usa at gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I apologize for this off-topic question but I need your help -- I know there are lots of experts here. As a lover and student of statistics, I am thinking of building a tree of various branches of statistics and keeping track of the greatest historical inventions/discoveries in statistics and the latest development of each branch. The goal is to understand in what context did the great inventions come out and then try to follow the greatest minds in terms of creating future significant inventions/discoveries in the statistics field... This is the "learn-from-the-greatest-minds" approach. Could anybody give me some pointers about existing books/articles about the greatest inventions/discoveries in statistics? And topic list? Thanks a lot! ______________________________________________ [1]R-help at r-project.org mailing list [2]https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide [3]http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. References 1. mailto:R-help at r-project.org 2. https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help 3. http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> Could anybody give me some pointers about existing books/articles > about the greatest inventions/discoveries in statistics? And topic > list?You could have a look at http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Tasting-Tea-Statistics-Revolutionized/dp/0805071342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245356064&sr=8-1 Graham
Michael wrote:> Hi all, > > I apologize for this off-topic question but I need your help -- I know > there are lots of experts here. > > As a lover and student of statistics, I am thinking of building a tree > of various branches of statistics and keeping track of the greatest > historical inventions/discoveries in statistics and the latest > development of each branch. The goal is to understand in what context > did the great inventions come out and then try to follow the greatest > minds in terms of creating future significant inventions/discoveries > in the statistics field... This is the "learn-from-the-greatest-minds" > approach. > > Could anybody give me some pointers about existing books/articles > about the greatest inventions/discoveries in statistics? And topic > list? > > Thanks a lot! >Well, good starting points might be Heyde and Seneta, Statisticians of the Centuries Stigler, History of Statistics The preface to Heyde and Seneta can be seen on Google books and possibly on Amazon and gives a number of recent references. David Scott _________________________________________________________________ David Scott Department of Statistics The University of Auckland, PB 92019 Auckland 1142, NEW ZEALAND Phone: +64 9 923 5055, or +64 9 373 7599 ext 85055 Email: d.scott at auckland.ac.nz, Fax: +64 9 373 7018 Graduate Officer, Department of Statistics Director of Consulting, Department of Statistics
Richard M. Heiberger
2009-Jun-18 23:05 UTC
[R] off topic but need your pointers about statistics
Alan Izenman suggests: I have lots of places worth checking out for him. It means a lot of reading. Probably the first (and best) place to start is the set of Springer books entitled "Breakthroughs in Statistics," which was edited by Kotz & Johnson. There' are three (3) volumes: 1 (1992, corrected edition 2008), 2 (1993), and III (1997). He should remember that the choices of breakthroughs are those of the editors, and may not be others' choices. These volumes should lead him in all sorts of directions. Each chapter in each of these volumes contains the original paper with an introduction as to its significance. His project is bordering on the history of statistics, for which there are many (many!) books to consult. If he needs further direction, let him contact me. Best, Alan.