Stephen. M. Stigler (1986) "The History of Statistics" ISBN
0-674-40340-1
"Jonathan G. Campbell" wrote:
>
> David Robinson wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to find a discussion that links the initial work by
> > Bayes/Laplace and the move to the frequentist view (a short why the
> > approach by Laplace was abandoned and when). Any help would be
> > appreciated!
> >
>
> Perhaps start with:
>
> E. T. Jaynes, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, see:
> http://www-lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/jaynes.html
> (things seems to have changed a little since I last downloaded it, but
> you'll find it somewhere amongst the links in that page).
>
> Ian Hacking, The Emergence of Probability, Cambridge University Press,
> 1975
>
> Tom Lordeo, From Laplace to Supernova SN 1987A: Bayesian Inference in
> Astrophysics, see:
> http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/staff/loredo/bayes/tjl.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jon C.
>
> --
> Jonathan G Campbell, Computer Science, Queen's University
> Belfast, BT7 1NN Tel +44 (0)28 90 274623 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~J.Campbell/
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