Also, Helen Walker wrote a book on the history of statistics in 1929... "Studies in the history of statistical method, with special reference to certain educational problems"
It's really interesting to look at how history was perceived 75 years ago... wbw __________________________________________________________________________ William B. Ware, Professor Educational Psychology, CB# 3500 Measurement, and Evaluation University of North Carolina PHONE (919)-962-7848 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500 FAX: (919)-962-1533 http://www.unc.edu/~wbware/ EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 18 May 2004, John Kulig wrote: > > > Michael Cowles (2001, second edition) Statistics in Psychology, An > Historical Perspective. Lawrence Erlbaum. > > Also look for the author James H. Steiger (he has at least one, but > don't have the titles with me). > > ============================================ > John W. Kulig > Professor of Psychology > Plymouth State College > Plymouth NH 03264 > ============================================ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Douglas Rugh (D.Rugh) > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:31 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [edstat] History of Statistics > > > > Has anyone run across a good book on the history of statistics. I > just > > finished Statistics as Principled Argument and now I would like to > trace > > the thought processes back in time. > > > > > > > > . > > . > > ================================================================= > > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > > ================================================================= > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
