04492nam 2200673 a 450 991046450000332120200520144314.01-283-23456-49786613234568981-283-551-2(CKB)3400000000016746(EBL)840598(OCoLC)755591761(SSID)ssj0000534143(PQKBManifestationID)12216077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534143(PQKBWorkID)10493925(PQKB)11231367(MiAaPQ)EBC840598(WSP)00007049(Au-PeEL)EBL840598(CaPaEBR)ebr10493523(CaONFJC)MIL323456(EXLCZ)99340000000001674620110714d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArthur L. Bowley[electronic resource] a pioneer in modern statistics and economics /Andrew I. Dale, Samuel KotzSingapore World Scientificc20111 online resource (542 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-283-550-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Biography; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Education; 1.3 Early career, family & friends; 1.4 Later career; 1.5 Professional activities; 1.6 Retirement; Chapter 2 Social Statistics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2Livelihood and Poverty; 2.3Measurement of Social Phenomena; 2.4Has Poverty Diminished?; 2.5New Survey of London Life and Labour; 2.6Consequences of the Great War; 2.7Aspects of population tendency; Chapter 3 National and Official Statistics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Early papers; 3.3 Statistical Studies; 3.4 Official Statistics; 3.5 National IncomeChapter 4 Wages and Incomes4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Early Papers; 4.3 Wages in the United Kingdom; 4.4 Prices and Wages, 1914-1920; 4.5 Wages and Income since 1860; 4.6 RSS presidential address; Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Books; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 England's Foreign Trade; 5.3 British Trade in Wartime; 5.4 The Third Winter of Unemployment; 5.5 Is Unemployment Inevitable?; 5.6 Economic Census of India; Chapter 6 Statistical Papers; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Averages; 6.3 On goodness-of-fit; 6.4 The double median; 6.5 Inference from sample to population; 6.6 Statistics in economicsChapter 7 Statistical Books7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Elements of Statistics; 7.3 Groups and Series; 7.4 An Elementary Manual of Statistics; Chapter 8 Index Numbers; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Papers on index numbers; 8.3 Other indices; Chapter 9 Sampling; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Representative Sampling; 9.3 Bowley's memorandum on sampling; 9.4 The application of sampling; Chapter 10 Economics; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Economic statistics; 10.3 Mathematical Groundwork; Chapter 11 Mathematics; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Kinetic energy; 11.3 Mathematics in statistics; 11.4 Pure MathematicsChapter 12 Miscellaneous12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Obituaries and Reviews; 12.3 Demography; 12.4 The Economic Service; 12.5 The Dock Labour Inquiry; 12.6 International Housing Statistics; Notes; Bibliography; IndexArthur Lyon Bowley, the founding father of modern statistics, was an important and colorful figure and a leader in cementing the foundations of statistical methodology, including survey methodology, and of the applications of statistics to economical and social issues during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In many respects, he was ahead of his time. The giants in this field around that time were largely concentrated in the British Isles and Scandinavian countries; among these contributors, Arthur Bowley was one of the most active in revolutionizing statistical methodology and its econoMathematical statisticsEconomicsStatistical methodsSocial sciencesStatistical methodsElectronic books.Mathematical statistics.EconomicsStatistical methods.Social sciencesStatistical methods.519.5519.5092Dale Andrew I59582Kotz Samuel12052MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464500003321Arthur L. Bowley1936005UNINA