Annotated Readings in the History of Statistics

Interest in the his tory of statistics has grown substantially in recent years and the subject is now covered by a number of excellent books. S. M. Stigler''s The History of Statistics (19S6) gives an overview up to 1900 while Anders Hald''s two encyclopedic volumes A History of Probability and Statistics before 1750 and A History of Mathematical Statistics f''T''Om 1750 to 1930, published in 1990...