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Author Box, George E. P.

Title An accidental statistician : the life and memories of George E.P. Box / George E.P. Box
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2013

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Contents An Accidental Statistician; Contents; Foreword; Second Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; From The Publisher; 1 Early Years; 2 Army Life; 3 ICI and the Statistical Methods Panel; 4 George Barnard; 5 An Invitation to the United States; 6 Princeton; 7 A New Life in Madison; 8 Time Series; 9 George Tiao and the Bayes Book; 10 Growing Up (Helen and Harry); 11 Fisher-Father and Son; 12 Bill Hunter and Some Ideas on Experimental Design; 13 The Quality Movement; 14 Adventures with Claire; 15 The Many Sides of Mac; 16 Life in England; 17 Journeys to Scandinavia; 18 A Second Home in Spain
19 The Royal Society of London20 Conclusion; 21 Memories; Index
Summary Celebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statisticsIn this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E.P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming style, Dr. Box reveals the unlikely events that led him to a career in statistics, beginning with his job as a chemist conducting experiments for the British army during World War II. At this turning point in his life and career, Dr. Box taught himself the statistical methods necessary to analyze his own findings when there were no statist
Notes Includes index
Copyright © John Wiley & Sons 2013
English
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Subject Box, George E. P
SUBJECT Box, George E. P. fast
Subject Statisticians -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General.
Statisticians
Statistiker.
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013002212
ISBN 9781118514948
1118514947
9781118514931
1118514939
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1118514920
1118332822
9781118332825
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9781299449084