Browse Items (20 total)
- Tags: Statistics
STATISTICS: Longer Lives
'STATISTICS: Longer Lives', TIME magazine
Tags: Statistics
Making Up People
'Making Up People', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-8-17; Classification; Hacking, Ian; Human Sciences; Medicine; Multiple Personality Disorder; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Statistics
Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it
'Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000; 2000-4-13; 2000s; Alain Desrosi�res; Daston, Lorraine; Ian Hacking; Marie-No�lle Bourguet; Mary Morgan; Mathematics; Maths; Statistics; Stephen Stigler; Theodore Porter
Faith, Hope and Probability
'Faith, Hope and Probability', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-5-23; Douglas, Mary; History of Science; Ian Hacking; Maths; probability; Statistics
The myth of high-tech jobs
'The myth of high-tech jobs', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1984; 1984-8-1; Employment forecasting; Forecasting; Labor supply; Social sciences; Statistics; United States
When Gould meets Galton
'When Gould meets Galton', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1982; 1982-12-30; Anthropometry; Biology; Edwards, A. W. F.; Evolution; Evolutionary biology; Francis Galton; Statistics; Stephen Jay Gould
Hereditary Genius
'Hereditary Genius', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1981; 1981-6-8; Biology; Biometry; Donald Mackenzie; Edwards, A. W. F.; Eugenics; Genetics; Heredity; History of Science; Statistics
The surgeon�s dilemma
'The surgeon�s dilemma', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1975; 1975-5-1; Conflict of interests; Crile, George Jr; Fees; Health maintenance organizations; Medical ethics; Medicine; Professional ethics; Staffing, Funding and Institutions; Statistics; Surgeons; Surgery; United States; Unnecessary
Reducing the hazards of birth
'Reducing the hazards of birth', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1964; 1964-1-1; Abnormalities; Barnes, Allan C.; Childbirth; Complications; Contraception; Human; Labor (Obstetrics); Medicine; Mental retardation; Prenatal care; Reproduction and Development; Statistics; United States
The mathematics of sex, gambling, and insurance
'The mathematics of sex, gambling, and insurance', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1959; 1959-9-1; Gambling systems; Huff, Darrell; Insurance; Mathematical statistics; Maths; Probabilities; Sex ratio; Statistics; United States
Baseball
'Baseball', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1957; 1957-5-1; Baseball; Maths; Probabilities; probabilty; Records; Schwed, Fred; Statistics; United States
Dr. Kinsey�s second sex
'Dr. Kinsey�s second sex', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1953; 1953-9-1; Alfred C. Kinsey; Freedgood, Anne G.; Gender and Sexuality; Ind.); Institute for Sex Research (Bloomington; Other; Sex customs; Sexual behavior; Statistics; United States; Women
Caution
'Caution', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1953; 1953-1-1; Communicable diseases; Disease; Engel, Leonard; Medical; Medical misconceptions; Medicine; Statistics; United States; Vital
How to lie with statistics
'How to lie with statistics', Harpers
Tags: 1950; 1950-8-1; 1950s; Huff, Darrell; Social sciences; Statistics; Truthfulness and falsehood; United States
The Average Statistician
'The Average Statistician', Colliers Weekly
Tags: 1950; 1950-6-17; 1950s; Miksch, W.F.; Science; Social sciences; Statistics
Marriage Under the Microscope
'Marriage Under the Microscope', Colliers Weekly
Tags: 1940s; 1943; 1943-5-15; Medicine; Palmer, Gretta; Psychology; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; relationship; Statistics
Prophet of Doom
'Prophet of Doom', The New Yorker
Tags: 1930; 1930-2-15; 1930s; Economics; Forecasting; Other; Pringle, Henry F.; Roger Babson; spirituality; Statistics
The problem of heart disease
'The problem of heart disease', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1927; 1927-1-1; Disease; Diseases; Dublin, Louis Israel; Heart; Heart Disease; Medicine; Mortality; Prevention; Public health; Statistics; United States
Forecasting the growth of nations
'Forecasting the growth of nations', Harpers
Tags: 1914-1918; 1920s; 1921; 1921-5-1; Birth control; Europe; Influence; Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters); Medicine; Moral and ethical aspects; Pearl, Raymond; Population; Population forecasting; Reproduction and Development; Statistics; United States; World War I
Solving the problem of infant mortality
'Solving the problem of infant mortality', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1917; 1917-10-1; Children�s Bureau; Family life surveys; Hendrick, Burton Jesse; Infants; Johnstown; Julia Clifford Lathrop; Manchester; Maternal and infant welfare; Montclair; Mortality; New Hampshire; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Reproduction and Development; Social sciences; Statistics; United States