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Statistics is the theory and application of mathematics to the scientific method including hypothesis generation, experimental design, sampling, data collection, data summarization, estimation, prediction and inference from those results to the population from which the experimental sample was drawn. This article lists statisticians who have been instrumental in the development of theoretical and applied statistics.
Video Founders of statistics
Founders of departments of statistics
The role of a department of statistics is discussed in a 1949 article by Harold Hotelling, which helped to spur the creation of many departments of statistics.
Maps Founders of statistics
See also
- List of statisticians
- History of statistics
- Timeline of probability and statistics
- List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field
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References
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External links
- "Statisticians in History". American Statistical Association.
- "Life and Work of Statisticians". Department of Mathematics, University of York.
- "Portraits of Statisticians". Department of Mathematics, University of York.
- John Aldrich. "Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics". University of Southampton.
- Lawrence H. Riddle. "Biographies of Women Mathematicians". Agnes Scott College.
- StatProb - peer-reviewed encyclopedia sponsored by statistics and probability societies
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