Lectures and Conferences on Mathematical Statistics and Probability

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chapter I: The modern viewpoint on the classical theory of probability and its applications. Tests of statistical hypotheses. Introduction. Part 1: On the theory of probability. Part 2: Probability and experimentation. Part 3: Tests of statistical hypotheses. Chapter II: Some controversial matters relating to agricultural trials. Part 1: Randomized and systematic arrangements of field experiments. Part 2: On certain problems of plant breeding. Chapter III: Some statistical problems in social and economic research. Part 1: Sampling human populations. General theory. Part 2: Theory of Friedman-Wilcox method of sampling. Part 3: On a most powerful method of discovering statistical regularities. Chapter IV: Statistical estimation. Part 1: Practical problems and various attempts to formulate their mathematical equivalents. Part 2: Outline of the theory of confidence intervals. Part 3: Fiducial argument and the theory of confidence intervals. Part 4: Stein’s sequential procedure. Index of Names. Index of Terms