Breakthroughs in Statistics: Volume I: Foundations and Basic Theory (Springer Series in Statistics Perspectives in Statistics)

Front Matter....Pages i-xli
Introduction to Fisher (1922) On the Mathematical Foundations of Theoretical Statistics....Pages 1-10
On the Mathematical Foundations of Theoretical Statistics....Pages 11-44
 Introduction to Hotelling (1931) The Generalization of Student’s Ratio....Pages 45-53
The Generalization of Student’s Ratio....Pages 54-65
 Introduction to Neyman and Pearson (1933) On the Problem of the Most Efficient Tests of Statistical Hypotheses....Pages 67-72
On the Problem of the Most Efficient Tests of Statistical Hypotheses....Pages 73-108
 Introduction to Bartlett (1937) Properties of Sufficiency and Statistical Tests....Pages 109-112
Properties of Sufficiency and Statistical Tests....Pages 113-126
 Introduction to de Finetti (1937) Foresight: Its Logical Laws, Its Subjective Sources....Pages 127-133
Foresight: Its Logical Laws, Its Subjective Sources....Pages 134-174
 Introduction to Cramér (1942) On Harmonic Analysis in Certain Functional Spaces....Pages 175-178
On Harmonic Analysis in Certain Functional Spaces....Pages 179-184
 Introduction to Gnedenko (1943) On the Limiting Distribution of the Maximum Term in a Random Series....Pages 185-194
On the Limiting Distribution of the Maximum Term in a Random Series....Pages 195-225
 Introduction to Rao (1945) Information and the Accuracy Attainable in the Estimation of Statistical Parameters....Pages 227-234
Information and the Accuracy Attainable in the Estimation of Statistical Parameters....Pages 235-247
 Introduction to Wald (1945) Sequential Tests of Statistical Hypotheses....Pages 249-255
Sequential Tests of Statistical Hypotheses....Pages 256-298
 Introduction to Hoeffding (1948) A Class of Statistics with Asymptotically Normal Distribution....Pages 299-307
A Class of Statistics with Asymptotically Normal Distribution....Pages 308-334
 Introduction to Wald (1949) Statistical Decision Functions....Pages 335-341
Statistical Decision Functions....Pages 342-357
 Introduction to Good (1952) Rational Decisions....Pages 359-364
Rational Decisions....Pages 365-377
 Introduction to Robbins (1955) An Empirical Bayes Approach to Statistics....Pages 379-387
An Empirical Bayes Approach to Statistics....Pages 388-394
 Introduction to Kiefer (1959) Optimum Experimental Designs....Pages 395-399
Optimum Experimental Designs....Pages 400-436
 Introduction to James and Stein (1961) Estimation with Quadratic Loss....Pages 437-442
Estimation with Quadratic Loss....Pages 443-460
 Introduction to Birnbaum (1962) On the Foundations of Statistical Inference....Pages 461-477
On the Foundations of Statistical Inference....Pages 478-518
 Introduction to Edwards, Lindman, and Savage (1963) Bayesian Statistical Inference for Psychological Research....Pages 519-530
Bayesian Statistical Inference for Psychological Research....Pages 531-578
 Introduction to Fraser (1966) Structural Probability and a Generalization....Pages 579-586
Structural Probability and a Generalization....Pages 587-597
 Introduction to Akaike (1973) Information Theory and an Extension of the Maximum Likelihood Principle....Pages 599-609
Information Theory and an Extension of the Maximum Likelihood Principle....Pages 610-624
Back Matter....Pages 625-632