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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: History of Inverse Probability
    sub title: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson
  name:
    name part: Dale, Andrew I.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1999
    edition: Second edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 671 pages)
  abstract: This a history of the use of Bayes' theorem over 150 years, from its discovery by Thomas Bayes to the rise of the statistical competitors in the first third of the twentieth century. In the new edition, the author's concern is the foundations of statistics, in particular, the examination of the development of one of the fundamental aspects of Bayesian statistics. The reader will find new sections on contributors to the theory omitted from the first edition, which will shed light on the use of inverse probability by nineteenth century authors. In addition, there is amplified discussion of relevant work from the first edition. This text will be a valuable reference source in the wider field of the history of statistics and probability.
  table of contents: On Inverse Probability -- Thomas Bayes: A Biographical Sketch -- Baye's Essay -- Commentary on Baye's Essay -- Miscellaneous Investigations from 1761 to 1822 -- Condorect -- Laplace -- Poisson to Whitworth -- Laurent to Pearson.
  note: by Andrew I. Dale.
  note: Electronic resource.
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Distribution (Probability theory)
  subject:
    topic: Distribution (Probability theory)
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  classification: QA273.A1-274.9
  classification: QA274-274.9
  classification: 519.2
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
  identifier: 9781441986528 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1441986529 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781461264477
  identifier: 1461264472
  identifier: 1441986529
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    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 121227
    record change date: 20260422172142.1
    record identifier: in00003564640
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng