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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139028303321

Autore

Box George E. P

Titolo

An accidental statistician : the life and memories of George E.P. Box / / George E. P. Box

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2013

ISBN

1-118-51494-7

1-118-51493-9

1-299-44908-5

1-118-51492-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

519.5092

Soggetti

Statisticians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

An Accidental Statistician; Contents; Foreword; Second Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; From The Publisher; 1 Early Years; 2 Army Life; 3 ICI and the Statistical Methods Panel; 4 George Barnard; 5 An Invitation to the United States; 6 Princeton; 7 A New Life in Madison; 8 Time Series; 9 George Tiao and the Bayes Book; 10 Growing Up (Helen and Harry); 11 Fisher-Father and Son; 12 Bill Hunter and Some Ideas on Experimental Design; 13 The Quality Movement; 14 Adventures with Claire; 15 The Many Sides of Mac; 16 Life in England; 17 Journeys to Scandinavia; 18 A Second Home in Spain

19 The Royal Society of London20 Conclusion; 21 Memories; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Celebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statisticsIn this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E. P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming style, Dr. Box reveals the unlikely events that led him to a career in statistics, beginning with his job as a chemist conducting experiments for the British army during World War II. At this turning point in his life and career, Dr. Box taught himself the statistical methods necessary to analyze his own findings when there were no statist