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W.F. Sheppard's Correspondence with Karl Pearson and the Development of His Tables and Moment Estimates (2020)

Murray, Lori L. (Author)
Bellhouse, David R. (Author)

Historia Mathematica
Volume: 53
Pages: 108-117

DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2020.06.002

URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0315086020300458

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As a new statistician, W.F. Sheppard wrote a series of letters to the leading statistician of the day, Karl Pearson, for his advice. Written a century ago and spanning three decades, the letters provide a glimpse into the development of two significant contributions to statistics: the normal probability tables, and the corrections of moment estimates. Sheppard's normal probability tables were the first set of modern tables for the standard normal distribution and have been widely used since the twentieth century. We provide an examination of the statistical research carried out by Sheppard and Pearson in the context of their correspondence. Résumé En tant que nouveau statisticien, W.F. Sheppard a écrit une série de lettres au principal statisticien de l'époque, Karl Pearson, pour ses conseils. Écrit il y a un siècle et s'étalant sur trois décennies, les lettres donnent un aperçu du développement de deux contributions importantes à la statistique : les tables de probabilités normales et les corrections d'estimations des moments. Les tables de probabilités normales de Sheppard ont été le premier ensemble de tables modernes pour la distribution normale standard et ont été largement utilisées depuis le XXe siècle. Nous proposons un examen des recherches statistiques effectuées par Sheppard et Pearson dans le cadre de leur correspondance.

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