A History of Parametric Statistical Inference from Bernoulli to Fisher, 1713-1935

Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

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  Hald, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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