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Arthur L Bowley: A Pioneer in Modern Statistics and Economics

By Andrew I Dale and Samuel Kotz

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Year
2011
ISBN
9812835504, 9789812835505
Google Books ID
q3FSOQAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3899745 bytes)
Pages
542\542
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
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Description

Arthur 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 economic applications. However, Bowley has been vastly undervalued by subsequent commentators -- while hundreds of articles and books have been written on Karl Pearson, those on Arthur Bowley amount to a dozen or less. This book seeks to remedy this and fill in an important omission in the monographical literature on the history of statistics. In particular, the recent resurgence of interest in poverty research has led to a renewed interest in Bowley's legacy.

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