IV. Mathematical Background for the Study of Statistics

Rietz, H. L.; Crathorne, A. R.

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“…In her letter to Lunenberg, Cox explained that consulting at the ISSR did not "hold the same level of stature as does Math[ematical] Stat[istics]" (Cox to Lunenberg, 19 April 1965, in Cox Papers). Then, and for several more decades, those scientists in the US who would soon call themselves mathematical statisticians had been concerned that instruction in statistics did not include substantial enough emphasis on mathematics and statistical theory (Rietz and Crathorne 1926;Hotelling 1940). 35 The initial emphasis at the ISSR on statistical theory and the lower status of statistical consulting there reflect the diversity of the statistics profession in the mid-1960s and the complexity it brought to the promotion of university statistics programs, especially in countries trying to move toward the center of the scientific empire.…”

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“…They also echoed a debate among American statisticians that had begun in the 1920s, just as that diversity was becoming apparent to the range of researchers taking up work in statistics. Then, and for several more decades, those scientists in the US who would soon call themselves mathematical statisticians had been concerned that instruction in statistics did not include substantial enough emphasis on mathematics and statistical theory (Rietz and Crathorne 1926; Hotelling 1940).…”

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Gertrude Cox in Egypt: A Case Study in Science Patronage and International Statistics Education during the Cold War

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2009

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ArgumentGertrude Cox, first chair of North Carolina State University's Department of Experimental Statistics, worked as a consultant for the Ford Foundation to Cairo University's Institute of Statistical Studies and Researches in 1964. An analysis of this work provides a case study in the internationalization of the statistics profession, the systems of patronage available to scientists in the second half of the twentieth century, and the history of women in science. It highlights some of the complexities in the process of internationalization in science, showing that even when scientists cross national boundaries to promote their discipline, they may have as a goal the advancement of their own nationalistic interests, or those of their patrons. In documenting Cox's commitment to serving her professional community, this case study will show that some particularly feminine qualities of Cox's approach to her work enabled her to accomplish what her male colleagues tried unsuccessfully to do.

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Gertrude Cox in Egypt: A Case Study in Science Patronage and International Statistics Education during the Cold War

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2009

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Hotelling and Wilson on Statistical Inference: Local Attitudes and Universal Dreams

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During the early 1920s, a scattered group of American scholars, among whom were Harold Hotelling and E. B. Wilson, started a joint effort to develop statistical instruments in economics. They became interested in disparate topics such as the statistical determination of demand curves, business cycles, yield forecasting, population growth, and many others. Hotelling and Wilson shared much: both were trained in mathematics, both were convinced of the importance of developing inferential statistical tools based on probability theory, and both were at odds with the common sentiment of the community of statisticians contemporary with them, a community that was highly skeptical about statistical inference grounded on probabilities. Their trajectories, however, differed, diverted by their entanglement with Stanford for Hotelling and Harvard for Wilson. Confronted with different local realities, they came to develop profoundly different approaches that characterized the debates of the 1920s and 1930s on statistical inference.

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IV. Mathematical Background for the Study of Statistics

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Gertrude Cox in Egypt: A Case Study in Science Patronage and International Statistics Education during the Cold War

Gertrude Cox in Egypt: A Case Study in Science Patronage and International Statistics Education during the Cold War

Hotelling and Wilson on Statistical Inference: Local Attitudes and Universal Dreams

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