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Fitting Linear Relationships: A History of the Calculus of Observations 1750-1900

Fitting Linear Relationships: A History of the Calculus of Observations 1750-1900

Farebrother, R. W.

Hardcover

Series: Springer Statistics

General MathematicsProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 0387985980
ISBN13: 9780387985985
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 14 1998
Pages: 271
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.74 Width: 9.55 Depth: 6.36
Language: English
This book is intended for students of mathematical statistics who are interested in the early history of their subject. It gives detailed algebraic descriptions of the fitting of linear relationships by the method of least squares (L ) and the related least absolute 2 deviations (L ) and minimax absolute deviations (Loo) procedures. These traditional line J fitting procedures are, of course, also addressed in conventional statistical textbooks, but the discussion of their historical background is usually extremely slight, if not entirely absent. The present book complements the analysis of these procedures given in S.M. Stigler'S excellent work The History of Statistics: The Quantification of Uncertainty before 1900. However, the present book gives a more detailed account of the algebraic structure underlying these traditional fitting procedures. It is anticipated that readers of the present book will obtain a clear understanding of the historical background to these and other commonly used statistical procedures. Further, a careful consideration of the wide variety of distinct approaches to a particular topic, such as the method of least squares, will give the reader valuable insights into the essential nature of the selected topic.

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