Strength in Numbers: The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S. (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

Statistical science as organized in formal academic departments is relatively new. With a few exceptions, most Statistics and Biostatistics departments have been created within the past 60 years. This book consists of a set of memoirs, one for each department in the U.S. created by the mid-1960s. The memoirs describe key aspects of the department's history -- its founding, its growth, key people in its development, success stories (such as major research accomplishments) and the occasional failure story, PhD graduates who have had a significant impact, its impact on statistical education, and a summary of where the department stands today and its vision for the future. Read here all about how departments such as at Berkeley, Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford started and how they got to where they are today. The book should also be of interests to scholars in the field of disciplinary history.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2013
Editors:	Alan Agresti • Xiao-Li Meng
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	564
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4899-9698-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4899-9698-2
Barcode:	9781489996985

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