On the Statistical Theory of Errors

W. Edwards Deming and Raymond T. Birge

No 327281, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpts from the article: Some of the recent advances in probability and mathematical statistics throw considerable light on the theory of errors. Problems that arise in drawing conclusions from observations are essentially statistical and should be handled as such. Unfortunately, the literature on statistics has received but scant notice from writers of treatises on errors. The present paper is the result of an attempt to gather the elements of the statistics of a single sample into one place for ready reference, in order to promote the study of general methods for the interpretation of observational data.

Keywords: Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62
Date: 1937
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327281

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