An Introduction to the theory of statistics

The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Author:: Yule, George Udny http://d-nb.info/gnd/12910504X

Title:: An Introduction to the theory of statistics

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Year of publication:: 1927

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XIII.—SIMPLE SAMPLING OF ATTRIBUTES. 273 (2) WesTERGAARD, H., Die Grundzige der Theorie der Statistik ; Fischer, Jena, 1890. (3) EpceworrH, F. Y., Article on the Law of Error” in the Tenth Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. xxviii., 1902, p. 280; or on “‘ Probability,” Eleventh Edition, vol. xxii. (especially Part IIL, Pp. 390 et seq. ). (4) DARBISHIRE, A. D., ‘‘Some Tables for illustrating Statistical Correlation,” Mem. and Proc. of the Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. 1i., 1907. General : and applications to sex-ratio of births. (5) Porsson, 8. D., “Sur la proportion des naissances des filles et des gargons,” Mémoires de Acad. des Sciences, vol. ix., 1829, p. 239. (Principally theoretical : the statistical illustrations very slight.) (6) Lexis, W., Zur Theorie der Massenerscheinungen in der menschlichen Gesellschaft ; Freiburg, 1877. (7) Lexis, W., dbhandlungen zur Theorie der Bevilkerungs und Moralstati- stik ; Fischer, Jena, 1903. (Contains, with new matter, reprints of some of Professor Lexis’ earlier papers in a form convenient for reference. ) (8) EpceworTH, F.Y., ‘Methods of Statistics,” Jour. Roy. Stat. Soc., jubilee volume, 1885, p. 181. (9) VeNN, JouN, The Logic of Chance, 3rd edn. ; Macmillan, London, 1888. (Cf. the data regarding the distribution of sexes in families on p. 264, to which reference was made in § 9.) (10) Pearson, KARL, ‘Skew Variation in Homogeneous Material,” Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., Series A, vol. clxxxvi., 1895, p. 343. (Sections 2 to 6 on the binomial distribution.) (11) EpceEworTH, F. Y., ‘“ Miscellaneous Applications of the Calculus of Probabilities,” Jour. Roy. Stat. Soec., vols. Ix., Ixi., 1897-8 (especially part ii., vol. Ixi. p. 119). (12) Vicor, H. D., and G. U. YULE, “On the Sex-ratios of Births in the Registration Districts of England and Wales, 1881-90,” Jour. Roy. Stat. Soc., vol. Ixix., 1906, p. 576. (Use of the harmonic mean as in § 11.) As regards the sex-ratio, reference may also be made to papers in vols. v. and vi. of Biometrika by Heron, Weldon, and Woods. (13) Yur, G. U., “Fluctuations of Sampling in Mendelian Ratios,” Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., vol. xvii., 1914, p. 425. The law of small chances (§ 12). (14) Poisson, S. D., Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements, ete. ; Paris, 1837. (Pp. 205-7.) (15) BORTKEWITSCH, L. VON, Das Geseiz der kleinen Zahlen ; Teubner, Leipzig, 1898. (16) STUDENT, ““On the Error of Counting with a Hemacytometer,” Bio- metrika, vol. v. p. 851, 1907. (17) RurHERFORD, E., and H. GEIGER, with a note by H. BATEMAN, *‘ The probability variations in the distribution of a particles,” Phil. Mag., Series 6, vol. xx., 1910, p. 698. (The frequency of particles emitted during a small interval of time follows the law of small chances: the law deduced by Bateman in ignorance of previous work.) (18) Sorkr, H. E., “Tables of Poisson’s Exponential Binomial Limit,” Bio- metrika, vol. x., 1914, pp. 25-35. (19) WHITAKER, Lucy, “On Poisson’s Liaw of Small N umbers,” Biometrika, vol. x., 1914, pp. 36-71. 18

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