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  2. History of statistics - Wikipedia

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    In modern terms, "statistics" means both sets of collected information, as in national accounts and temperature record, and analytical work which requires statistical inference. Statistical activities are often associated with models expressed using probabilities , hence the connection with probability theory.

  3. Timeline of probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    John Aldrich (2008), Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics; John Aldrich (2008), Probability and Statistics on the Earliest Uses Pages; Michael Friendly and Daniel J. Denis (2008). "Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography, Statistical Graphics, and Data Visualization: An illustrated chronology of innovations"

  4. History of probability - Wikipedia

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    JEHPS: Recent publications in the history of probability and statistics; Electronic Journ@l for History of Probability and Statistics/Journ@l Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilitéet de la Statistique; Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics (Univ. of Southampton) Probability and Statistics on the Earliest Uses Pages (Univ. of ...

  5. Category:History of probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of probability and statistics" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Outline of statistics - Wikipedia

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    Statistics is a field of inquiry that studies the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines , from the physical and social sciences to the humanities ; it is also used and misused for making informed decisions in all areas of business and government .

  7. Founders of statistics - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. List of statisticians - Wikipedia

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    It includes the founders of statistics and others. It includes some 17th- and 18th-century mathematicians and polymaths whose work is regarded as influential in shaping the later discipline of statistics. Also included are various actuaries, economists, and demographers known for providing leadership in applying statistics to their fields.

  9. List of timelines - Wikipedia

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    ChronoZoom is a timeline for Big History being developed for the International Big History Association by Microsoft Research and University of California, Berkeley Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments