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The Language of the English Biometric School
Author(s) -
Aldrich John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2003.tb00188.x
Subject(s) - frequentist inference , inference , biometrics , linguistics , statistics , period (music) , computer science , mathematics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , bayesian inference , philosophy , bayesian probability , aesthetics
Summary This paper considers the language devised by Karl Pearson and his associates for discussing distributions, populations and samples, the basic language for frequentist inference. The original language—some of which is still in use—is described and also the changes it underwent under the influence of R.A. Fisher and of Russian and American mathematicians. The period covered is roughly 1890–1950.