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Outline of a Theory of Statistical Estimation

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Creators

  • Jerzy Neyman, author

Canon Rationale

A core mathematical-statistics paper, included for confidence intervals, classical estimation, coverage, and frequentist inference.

Evidence

  • citation context: Neyman, 'Outline of a Theory of Statistical Estimation Based on the Classical Theory of Probability,' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1937.
  • field survey: MacTutor History of Mathematics biography of Jerzy Neyman.

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Completion unit: read the full or selected paper, depending on technical tolerance.

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