{"product_id":"9781932482447","title":"Twelve British Statisticians","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve British Statisticians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides a description of the lives and scientific contributions of a dozen scientific luminaries. Each statistician is a famous figure, but is especially renowned in Great Britain. Their fields of expertise sometimes include disciplines that depart from statistics and display great versatility. The book is accessible to a wide reading audience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Each of the chapters of the book focuses on the scientific contributions and personal life of a single statistician. Each chapters begins with an overview and contain a rich set of references. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Current textbooks in statistics contain little information about the pioneers in the field. This book provides a historical supplement in courses on quantitative methods in the behavioral, social, and biological disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The statisticians and some of their contributions covered include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Karl Pearson: product-moment correlation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. R.A. Fisher: analysis of variance and covariance, experimental design, common sampling distributions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Charles Spearman: factor analysis, theory of intelligence, mental test theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Florence Nightingale David: advocate of women's vocational rights in statistics, distinguished educator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. George Udny Yule: time series, contingency table analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Maurice G. Kendall: generation of and tests for randomness, time series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. George E.P. Box: statistical quality control, analysis of time series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. William Sealy Gosset (\"Student\"): small sample statistical techniques, contributions to Neyman-Pearson theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Egon Sharpe Pearson: Neyman-Pearson theory, history of statistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: polymath mathematical psychics, editor of the \u003ci\u003eEconomics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Maurice S. Bartlett: stochastic processes, epidemiology, time series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. David Cox: multivariable models including covariates and treatment variables, survival rate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor author bios, photos, and a sample read, visit bosonbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"C\u0026M Online Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141260034288,"sku":"9781932482447","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932482447_p0.jpg?v=1763641307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932482447","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}