Breakthroughs in Statistics [Paperback]

Volume III includes more selections of articles that have initiated fundamental changes in statistical methodology. It contains articles published before 1980 that were overlooked in the previous two volumes plus articles from the 1980's - all of them chosen after consulting many of today's leading statisticians.This is author-approved bcc: This is the third volume of a collection of seminal papers in the statistical sciences written during the past 110 years. These papers have each had an outstanding influence on the development of statistical theory and practice over the last century. Each paper is preceded by an introduction written by an authority in the field providing background information and assessing its influence. Volume III concerntrates on articles from the 1980's while including some earlier articles not included in Volume I and II. Samuel Kotz is Professor of Statistics in the College of Business and Management at the University of Maryland. Norman L. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of North Carolina. Also available: Breakthroughs in Statistics Volume I: Foundations and Basic Theory Samuel Kotz and Norman L. Johnson, Editors 1993. 631 pp. Softcover. ISBN 0-387-94037-5 Breakthroughs in Statistics Volume II: Methodology and Distribution Samuel Kotz and Norman L. Johnson, Editors 1993. 600 pp. Softcover. ISBN 0-387-94039-11. Introduction by R.E.Fancher: Galton,F. (1889) Co-relations and their measurement, chiefly from anthropometric data; 2. Introduction by K. Dietz: McKendrick, A.G.(1926) Applications of mathematics to medical problems; 3.Introduction by D.R. Cox: Yates, F.and Cochran, W.G.(1938) The analysis of groups of experiments; 4. Introduction by P.K. Sen: Rao, C.R.(1948) Large sample tests of statistical hypotheses concerning several parameters with application to problems of estimation; 5. Introduction by M.H. Gail: Cornfield, J.(1951) A method of estimating comparative rates from clinical data. Applications to canlC.