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A Statistical Model

Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Statistics (SSS)

Part of the book sub series: Perspectives in Statistics (PSS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Biography

    • John W. Tukey
    Pages 1-5
  3. Bibliography

    • Stephen E. Fienberg, David C. Hoaglin, William H. Kruskal, Judith M. Tanur
    Pages 7-44
  4. Contributions as a Scientific Generalist

    • William Kruskal
    Pages 45-57
  5. Contributions to Mathematical Statistics

    • Persi Diaconis, Erich Lehmann
    Pages 59-80
  6. Contributions to Methodology and Applications

    • Stephen E. Fienberg
    Pages 81-109
  7. Fred as Educator

    • Judith M. Tanur
    Pages 111-129
  8. Fred at Harvard

    • Stephen E. Fienberg, David C. Hoaglin
    Pages 131-181
  9. Reviews of Book Contributions

    • David C. Hoaglin
    Pages 181-272
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 273-283

About this book

A large number of Mostellar's friends, colleagues, collaborators, and former students have contributed to the preparation of this volume in honor of his 70th birthday. It provides a critical assessment of Mosteller's professional and research contributions to the field of statistics and its applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Stephen E. Fienberg

  • Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    David C. Hoaglin

  • Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    William H. Kruskal

  • Department of Sociology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA

    Judith M. Tanur

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Statistical Model

  • Book Subtitle: Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy

  • Editors: Stephen E. Fienberg, David C. Hoaglin, William H. Kruskal, Judith M. Tanur

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Statistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3384-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7992-1Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3384-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-7397

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-568X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 283

  • Topics: Applications of Mathematics

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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