Aldrich, John (Author)
Thispaperconsiderstheplaceofmathematicalmethodsbasedonprobabil-ityintheworkoftheLondon(laterRoyal)StatisticalSocietyinthefirstcenturyofitsexistence,1834-1934.Regularmathematicalcontributionsbe-ganappearingin1883andinthenexthalf-centurythreemovementscanbedistinguished,associatedwithmajorfiguresinthehistoryofmathe-maticalstatistics--F.Y.Edgeworth,KarlPearsonandR.A.Fisher.Thefirsttwomovementswerebasedontheconvictionthattheuseofmath-ematicalmethodscouldtransformthewaytheSocietydiditstraditionalworkineconomic/socialstatisticswhilethethirdmovementwasassociatedwithanenlargementinthescopeofstatistics.TheSocietyrecognisedthatenlargedscopein1933whenitformedanIndustrialandAgriculturalRe-searchSection:topromotetheseparticularapplicationswastoencouragemathematicalmethods.
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