On 18 May 2004 06:19:46 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William B. Ware) wrote: > 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... > [snip, sig.] > > 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). > > [snip, sig.] > > > > > -----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. [snip, *3* edstat tags -- Don't you guys ever clean up? ] In reverse order: [top-posting works better for two-person e-mail, IMO, than it does for net-groups or e-List dialogs.] Douglas Rugh: For the thought processes on *hypothesis testing*, you might want to check the references in Statistics as Principled Argument. Hypothesis testing is a fairly new invention, if that is what you want to focus on. Robert Abelson, whose book you liked, contributed to [Amazon listing] "What If There Were No Significance Tests?" by Lisa Lavoie Harlow (Editor), Stanley A. Mulaik (Editor), James H. Steiger (Editor). Also: When I asked Amazon.com for Books, History of statistics, there were half a dozen interesting titles at the top. John Kulig: James H. Steiger is a statistician who has contributed to this group, but Amazon only listed the co-edited book, above, that I could find. I first thought you were referring to Steven M. Stigler, who wrote two of the best known books - both of which I enjoyed and I recommend. William B. Ware: A book written in 1929 may be particularly useful, for some purposes, since Stigler's second book, Statistics on the Table, dates "modern statistics" to the early 1930s. His first book was subtitled, The measurement of uncertainty before 1900. -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
