An Unofficial Community: American Mathematical Statisticians before 1935

Annals of Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-68

  Hunter, Patti Wilger ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0041416109     PISSN: 00033790     EISSN: 1464505X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000337999296526     Document Type: Article

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