Strength in Numbers: The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S.

by Xiao-Li Meng and Alan Agresti

Book Overview

Statistical science as organized in formal academic departments is relatively new. With a few exceptions, most Statistics and Biostatistics departments have been created within the past 60 years. This book consists of a set of memoirs, one for each department in the U.S. created by the mid-1960s. The memoirs describe key aspects of the department's history -- its founding, its growth, key people in its development, success stories (such as major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461436486
• ISBN13: 9781461436485
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"