Search Results - "Karl Pearson"

Classic topics on the history of modern mathematical statistics : from Laplace to more recent times / by Gorroochurn, Prakash, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…The Laplacean revolution -- Galton, regression, and correlation -- Karl Pearson's chi-squared goodness-of-fit test -- Student's test -- the Fisherian legacy -- Beyond Fisher and Neyman-Pearson.…”
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Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / by Levine, George Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.…”
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