Enkele historische betrekkingen tussen mathematische en verzamelende statistiek*

D. van Dantzig

Statistica Neerlandica, 1950, vol. 4, issue 6, 233-247

Abstract: Some historical relations between mathematical and descriptive statistics. Both mathematical and descriptive statistics may be said to have commenced in the middle of the 17th century; the former with a correspondence between Pascal and F e r m at (1654), and the latter with the observations on bills of mortality by John G r aunt(1662). These early stages are discussed in some detail, while the development of the statistical argument in later periods is more briefly mentioned. In section 8 the present structure of statistical thought is summarized. In a concluding section, falling slightly outside the scope of the paper, some opinions prevailing in the 17th century concerning Holland and its people are quoted.

Date: 1950
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