Download or read book The History of Statistics written by Stephen M. Stigler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His emphasis is upon how methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences.