Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician / / Frank H. Hankins.
A discussion of Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian astronomer, sociologist, and mathematician, who was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. Looks at his early years, writings, and methods.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968] ©1968 |
Year of Publication: | 1968 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences ;
84 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFATORY NOTE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
- CHAPTER II. QUETELET IN THE HISTORY OF STATISTICS
- CHAPTER III. THE AVERAGE MAN
- CHAPTER IV. MORAL STATISTICS
- CHAPTER V. STATISTICAL METHOD
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- VITA