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Applications: Harold Silverstone: A Perspective
Author(s) -
VereJones David,
MacKin Murray J.,
Silverstone Brian
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 1369-1473
DOI - 10.1111/1467-842x.00188
Subject(s) - statistician , perspective (graphical) , mathematics , variance (accounting) , work (physics) , statistics , engineering , economics , accounting , mechanical engineering , geometry
This paper is a perspective on the scientific contributions of the politically controversial New Zealand‐born statistician Harold Silverstone (1915‐74). His scientific work — including a classic paper on minimum variance with A.C. Aitken — produced some key results in estimation theory. He also contributed significantly to the practical application of statistics, particularly the development of statistical consulting services in medicine.