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Statistics LinksThis page contains links to sites dealing with the history of statistics
as well as sites which describe the work of 20th century or contemporary
statisticians.
Statistics Data Sites
The Origins of Randomness
This site describes some early uses of dice and games of chance.
The History of Probability
This site describes the development of probability theory.
David Blackwell
David Blackwell was
a prominent 20th century African-American statistician. He made contributions to probability theory, game theory and statistical decision-making.
Jerzey Neyman
This site gives a biography of Jerzey Neyman, a contemporary statistician who made significant contributions to hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and also worked in the field of Biometrics.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was
the first person to apply the principals of statistics to the
study of public health.
Sir Ronald Fisher
Sir Ronald Fisher developed the F distribution used in ANOVA.
John Tukey
John Tukey was a prominent 20th century statistician who greatly
influenced the study of elementary statistics.
William S. Gosset
William S. Gosset developed the Student-t distribution.
Women Statisticians
This site contains biographies of several women statisticians.
Lucky Dice Game
This site allows you to play the Chinese/Vietnamese Lucky Dice Game online.
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