On this July 4, we look at just one of Franklin’s many contributions to statistical science: his writings on population growth.
Read MoreOne of her papers created a new research area in statistics. Another spurred the debate on the foundations of statistical inference. Who was Kirstine Smith?
Read MoreIt is well known that George Washington worked as a public lands surveyor in his youth. Less well known are his activities as one of the first survey samplers in the United States.
Read MoreThere are many familiar aphorisms about statistics. But some were not said by the people to whom they have been attributed…
Read MoreHow Voltaire and mathematician Charles-Marie de La Condamine exploited the comptroller’s ignorance of statistics.
Read MoreYou know about Hamilton’s contributions to the Federalist Papers and the duel, but what about his contributions to American statistics?
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