Research interests History of statistics, economics and
mathematics
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Websites
Economics
James Mill on
the Gains from Trade
Statistics
Figures
from the History of Probability and Statistics
Probability & Statistics Earliest Uses
Harold Jeffreys Harold Jeffreys
as a Statistician
Karl Pearson Karl
Pearson: A Reader's Guide Karl
Pearson’s Hampstead home
Ronald Fisher
Likelihood
and Probability in Fisher’s Statistical
Methods for Research Workers
JEHPS I
contribute the annual Recent Publications in the History of Probability
and Statistics. See also Anders Hald
(1913-2007): Writings on the History of Probability and Statistics.
Mathematics
Mathematical Words I contribute to Jeff Miller’s Earliest Known Uses
pages (Words
of Mathematics and Mathematical Symbols).
I have written a companion Mathematical
Words: Origins and Sources
as well as pages Symbols in Probability &
Statistics and Symbols for
Matrices and Vectors.
There are partial
indexes: to these pages
Mathematics PhD I have produced some notes on the history of The
Mathematics PhD in the UK for the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
Talks: (chiefly for the pictures)
- Francis Galton “Parent of Modern Statistical Methods”
Slides
- Visualisation and Presentation in Victorian Statistics. Slides.
- From 1809 and to 1925—Threads
in the Theory of Errors. Slides. For related text see below under Under consideration
- Tales of Two Societies: London and Paris 1860-1940. Slides. For related text see below under Published.
- “But you have to Remember P. J. Daniell of Sheffield” Powerpoint
slides. For
related text see below under Published.
- P.J Danielll of King Edward’s School and Beyond Powerpoint
slides. For
related text see below under Published.
- The Econometricians’ Statisticians 1895-1945 Slides.
For related text see below under Published.
- Bowley’s Bayesian Sampling Theory with Some Context.
pdf For related text see below under Under consideration
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Selected Papers
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Under consideration
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- “Bootstrapping”—A Contemporary Statistical Term (2012) here
- From 1809 and to 1925—two essays on the history of the theory of
errors (2011) here
- Probability, Statistics
& Political Economy in John Stuart Mill's Logic
(2008) here
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- The Enigma of Karl Pearson
and Bayesian Inference (2008) here
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- Professor A. L.
Bowley’s Theory of the Representative Method (2008)
here
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Published
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- Keynes among the
Statisticians. History
of Political Economy. Vol. 40 (2), 2008, 265-316. pdf
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- Comment
on S. L. Zabell's paper: On Student's 1908 paper “The probable error of
a mean” Journal of the American Statistical
Association, 2008, vol 103, 8-11, here
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- Information and
Economics in Fisher’s Design of Experiments. International
Statistical Review. Vol.
75(2), 2007, 131-149. pdf
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- (with Anna Staszewska) The Experiment in Macroeconometrics. Journal
of Economic Methodology. Vol 14 (2) 2007, 143-166. pdf.
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- The Statistical
Education of Harold Jeffreys, International Statistical Review, Vol. 73(3), 2005, pp. 289-308. pdf.
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- The Discovery of
Comparative Advantage, Journal of the History of Economic Thought Vol 26 (3) 2004, pp. 379-399. pdf
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- The Language of the
English Biometric School, International
Statistical Review, Vol.
71(1), 2003, pp. 109-131. pdf
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- How Likelihood and Identification went
Bayesian, International Statistical
Review, Vol. 70(1), 2002, pp. 79-98. pdf
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- Fisher’s “Inverse Probability” of 1930, International Statistical Review, Vol.68
(2), 2000, pp. 155-172. pdf
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- The Jevonian
Revolution in International Trade Theory, Journal of the History of Economic Thought,Vol
22 (1) 2000, pp. 65-84. pdf
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- Determinacy in the Linear Model: Gauss to
Bose & Koopmans, International
Statistical Review, Vol.67(2), 1999, pp. 211-9. pdf
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- Doing Least Squares: Perspectives from
Gauss and Yule, International
Statistical Review, Vol.66 (1), 1998, pp. 61-81. pdf
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- Multiple Regression Grumbles, pp. 153-177
in: D Conniffe ed, Roy Geary: Irish Statistician, Dublin Oaktree Press, 1997.
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- R.A. Fisher and the Making of Maximum
Likelihood 1912-1922, Statistical
Science Vol.12(3), 1997, pp.162-176.
Project
Euclid.
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- The Course of Marshall's Theorising about
Demand, History of Political Economy,
Vol.28(2), 1996, pp.171-218. pdf
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- Correlations Genuine and Spurious in
Pearson and Yule, Statistical Science,
Vol.10(4), 1995, 364-376. pdf
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- Haavelmo's Identification Theory. Econometric Theory, Vol
10, 1994, 198-219. pdf
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- Reiersøl, Geary and the
Idea of Instrumental Variables. Economic
and Social Review, 24(3), 1993,
247-274. pdf
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- Probability and Depreciation: A History of
the Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers, History
of Political Economy, 24(3), 1992, 657-686. pdf
- Autonomy, Oxford Economic Papers, 41(1),
1989, 15-34. pdf
- An Alternative Derivation of Durbin's h Test, Econometrica,
46(6), 1978, 1493-1494. pdf
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Discussion papers
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- Cowles Exogeneity and CORE Exogeneity, Southampton
University Economics Discussion
Paper 1993.
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- (with Janne
Rayner) Distinguishability and Identifiability
Southampton University Economics Discussion
Paper 1992.
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Book
reviews
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D. Howie (2002) Interpreting
Probability: Controversies and Developments in the Early Twentieth Century
in History of
Political Economy.
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T. M. Porter (2004) Karl
Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age in American
Scientist.
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Free
sites I use
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Electronic
Journal for History of Probability
and Statistics/Journal Electronique d'Histoire des
Probabilités et de la Statistique.
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Bayesian Analysis
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COPAC merged online catalogues of 24 major
university research libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library,
the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales.
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World Cat
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DML:
Digital Mathematics Library retrodigitized Mathematics Journals and Monographs.
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Google scholar
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Google
book search
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European Library
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History of
Statistics
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Societies
for the History of Economics
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Discussion: math-history-list
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Historia-Matematica
(Inactive but archive survives)
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SAO/NASA ADS Astronomy
journals
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Economists'
Papers Project at Duke University
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Iowa State
University Statistical Collections Guide
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Economists’
Papers
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