On this July 4, we look at just one of Franklin’s many contributions to statistical science: his writings on population growth.

One of her papers created a new research area in statistics. Another spurred the debate on the foundations of statistical inference. Who was Kirstine Smith?

It 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.

There are many familiar aphorisms about statistics. But some were not said by the people to whom they have been attributed…