The Pleasures of Statistics The Autobiography of Frederick Mosteller /

• Main Author: Mosteller, Frederick. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fienberg, Stephen E. (Editor), Hoaglin, David C. (Editor), Tanur, Judith M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistical methods.; Numerical analysis.; Distribution (Probability theory).; Educational tests and measurements.; Mathematical statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.; Biostatistics.; Numerical Analysis.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77956-0

From his unique perspective, renowned statistician and educator Frederick Mosteller describes many of the projects and events in his long career. From humble beginnings in western Pennsylvania to becoming the founding chairman of Harvard Universitys Department of Statistics and beyond, he inspired...

Table of Contents:

• Why did Dewey beat Truman in the pre-election polls of 1948?- Sexual behavior in the United States: The Kinsey Report
• Learning theory: Founding mathematical psychology
• Who wrote the disputed Federalist papers, Hamilton or Madison?- The safety of anesthetics: The National Halothane Study
• Equality of educational opportunity: The Coleman Report
• Childhood
• Secondary school
• Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Graduate schools: Carnegie and Princeton
• Magic
• Beginning Research
• Completing the doctorate
• Coming to Harvard University
• Organizing statistics
• Evaluation
• Teaching
• Group Writing
• The Cape
• Biostatistics
• Health policy and management
• Health science policy
• Editors' epilogue.