List of publications in statistics

Probability

The Doctrine of Chances :'''Author:''' Abraham de Moivre :'''Publication data:''' 1738 (2nd ed.) :'''Online version:''' ? :'''Description:''' The book introduced the concept of normal distributions as approximations to binomial distributions. In effect, de Moivre proved a weak version of the central limit theorem. Sometimes his result is called the theorem of de Moivre-Laplace. :'''Importance:''' Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Bayesian statistics

An Essay Toward Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances :'''Author:''' Thomas Bayes :'''Publication data:''' 1764 :'''Online version:''' http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/essay.ps (PostScript file); http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/essay.pdf (PDF file) :'''Description:''' In this paper Bayes addresses the problem of using a sequence of identical "trials" to determine the per-trial probability of "success" — the so-called inverse probability problem. It later inspired the theorem that bears his name (Bayes' theorem). See also Pierre Simon de Laplace. :'''Importance:''' Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence

Applied statistics

Analysis of variance

Extreme value theory

Regression analysis

Machine learning

Multivariate statistics

Statistical phenomena

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