The Pleasures of Statistics The Autobiography of Frederick Mosteller /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mosteller, Frederick (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fienberg, Stephen E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hoaglin, David C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tanur, Judith M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Public health.; Biostatistics.; Probabilities.; Assessment.; Social sciences.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Public Health.

From his unique perspective, renowned statistician and educator Frederick Mosteller describes many of the projects and events in his long career. From humble beginnings in western Pennsylvania to becoming the founding chairman of Harvard University’s Department of Statistics and beyond, he inspired...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Examples of Quantitative Studies
• Why Did Dewey Beat Truman in the Pre-election Polls of 1948?
• Sexual Behavior in the United States: The Kinsey Report
• Learning Theory: Founding Mathematical Psychology
• Who Wrote the Disputed Federalist Papers, Hamilton or Madison?
• The Safety of Anesthetics: The National Halothane Study
• Equality of Educational Opportunity: The Coleman Report
• Early Life and Education
• Childhood
• Secondary School
• Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Graduate Schools: Carnegie and Princeton
• Magic
• Beginning Research
• Completing the Doctorate
• Coming to Harvard University
• Organizing Statistics
• Continuing Activities
• Evaluation
• Teaching
• Group Writing
• The Cape
• Biostatistics
• Health Policy and Management
• Health Science Policy
• Editors#x2019; Epilogue.