On the Mathematical Foundations of Theoretical Statistics

Creators

• R. A. Fisher, author

Canon Rationale

A foundational mathematical statistics paper, included for likelihood, estimation, consistency, efficiency, sufficiency, and the formation of modern statistical theory.

Evidence

• citation context: R. A. Fisher, 'On the Mathematical Foundations of Theoretical Statistics,' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 222, 309-368, 1922.
• field survey: MacTutor History of Mathematics, 'Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (E)'.

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