LEADER 04458nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910789068403321 005 20230126211628.0 010 $a1-283-23456-4 010 $a9786613234568 010 $a981-283-551-2 035 $a(CKB)3400000000016746 035 $a(EBL)840598 035 $a(OCoLC)755591761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534143 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534143 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10493925 035 $a(PQKB)11231367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC840598 035 $a(WSP)00007049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL840598 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493523 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323456 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000016746 100 $a20110714d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArthur L. Bowley$b[electronic resource] $ea pioneer in modern statistics and economics /$fAndrew I. Dale, Samuel Kotz 210 $aSingapore $cWorld Scientific$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (542 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-283-550-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 Income 327 $aChapter 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 economics 327 $aChapter 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 Mathematics 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aArthur 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 econo 606 $aMathematical statistics 606 $aEconomics$xStatistical methods 606 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods 615 0$aMathematical statistics. 615 0$aEconomics$xStatistical methods. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods. 676 $a519.5 676 $a519.5092 700 $aDale$b Andrew I$059582 701 $aKotz$b Samuel$012052 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789068403321 996 $aArthur L. Bowley$93822320 997 $aUNINA