Stephen M Stigler
Biographic Data
| ID | 190420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen M Stigler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Stigler |
| SIGNATURE | STIGLER S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
J.M. Keynes and the History of Probability: The Influence of Locke, Leibniz, and Hume by Francisco Javier Aristimuño Classical Probability in the Enlightenment by Lorraine Daston
The history of probability is itself stochastic: It does not change at random, but it does vary over time in response to the questions asked, and it is susceptible to occasional discoveries of new information.Once a story has been widely accepted it becomes a part of "history."For example, "everybody knows" that modern probability began in 1654 when the Chevalier de Méré asked Blaise Pascal about a problem in dice, inspiring correspondence with P…
Victorians and Numbers: Statistics and Society in Nineteenth Century Britain by Lawrence Goldman
Victorians & Numbers is an ambitious history of British social statistics during the second-longest reign in British history. It encompasses the early formation of regional statistical societies, all the way through the highly technical accomplishments toward the end of the century. Any history that attempts such broad coverage is fated to be uneven; this book’s coverage is unusually so. Although well-written, it soars from early chapters with a …
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends
Book Review| November 01 2012 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends. By Barbé, Lluís. Translated by Black, Mary C.. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010. xxxvi; 291 pp. Cloth$150.00. Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2012) 44 (4): 732–734. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-181154…
Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods
Quantification and the Quest for Medical Certainty. J. Rosser Matthews
Galton and identification by fingerprints.
The Journals of Economics
The authors examine the principal journals of economics, with particular attention to the communication between journals, as reflected by interjournal citations during 1987-90, and the changes over the past century in the characteristics of the authors and the techniques they have used. The numerical results, and those of the statistical modeling of these results, reinforce importance of economic theory as an exporter of intellectual influence to…
Eloge: Churchill Eisenhart, 11 March 1910-25 June 1994
Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle
Research Article| June 01 1994 Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1994) 26 (2): 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-26-2-185 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen M. Stigler; Jevons on the King-Dave…
A Historical View of Statistical Concepts in Psychology and Educational Research
This essay examines the historical roots of the link between statistics and psychology, exploring the manner in which the conceptual framework for the application of probability in psychological research was created by experimental design
The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900
The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900
Precise Measurement in the Face of Error: A Comment on MacRoberts and MacRoberts
MacRoberts and MacRoberts have given us a lucid classification of different sources of possible error in the use of citations as an indication of influence. 1 Their paper will without doubt be itself cited frequently in the future and justly so, for it should be extremely helpful in formulating quantitative models of influence based on citation counts.2 However, in attempting to draw a message from their classification and associated small study,…
The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty Before 1900
The Kelvin dictum and social science: An excursion into the history of an idea
Lord Kelvin's dictum on the importance of measurement in science is frequently quoted (and more frequently misquoted). One version is to be found on the facade of the University of Chicago's Social Science Research Building. An impromptu excursion into the history and uses of this inscription sheds light on the roles of measurement and quotation in scholarship
Winter Temperature as a Constraint to the Migration of Preindustrial Peoples
The dispersion of preindustrial peoples is strongly related to winter temperature in two surprising respects. Based on a classification of societies by language, we introduce a statistical model for their dispersion and show that (1) the 10°C (50°F) winter temperature isotherm has been an effective constraint to migration and expansion, and (2) the dispersion of language phyla has been remarkably homogeneous in a certain temperature scale, in con…
Regression toward the mean and the study of change
Laplace's Early Work: Chronology and Citations
The Journals of Economics
The authors examine the principal journals of economics, with particular attention to the communication between journals, as reflected by interjournal citations during 1987-90, and the changes over the past century in the characteristics of the authors and the techniques they have used. The numerical results, and those of the statistical modeling of these results, reinforce importance of economic theory as an exporter of intellectual influence to…
Winter Temperature as a Constraint to the Migration of Preindustrial Peoples
The dispersion of preindustrial peoples is strongly related to winter temperature in two surprising respects. Based on a classification of societies by language, we introduce a statistical model for their dispersion and show that (1) the 10°C (50°F) winter temperature isotherm has been an effective constraint to migration and expansion, and (2) the dispersion of language phyla has been remarkably homogeneous in a certain temperature scale, in con…
Regression toward the mean and the study of change
Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle
Research Article| June 01 1994 Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1994) 26 (2): 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-26-2-185 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen M. Stigler; Jevons on the King-Dave…
A Historical View of Statistical Concepts in Psychology and Educational Research
This essay examines the historical roots of the link between statistics and psychology, exploring the manner in which the conceptual framework for the application of probability in psychological research was created by experimental design
Precise Measurement in the Face of Error: A Comment on MacRoberts and MacRoberts
MacRoberts and MacRoberts have given us a lucid classification of different sources of possible error in the use of citations as an indication of influence. 1 Their paper will without doubt be itself cited frequently in the future and justly so, for it should be extremely helpful in formulating quantitative models of influence based on citation counts.2 However, in attempting to draw a message from their classification and associated small study,…
Laplace's Early Work: Chronology and Citations
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends
Book Review| November 01 2012 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends. By Barbé, Lluís. Translated by Black, Mary C.. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010. xxxvi; 291 pp. Cloth$150.00. Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2012) 44 (4): 732–734. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-181154…
Laplace's Early Work: Chronology and Citations
Regression toward the mean and the study of change
Winter Temperature as a Constraint to the Migration of Preindustrial Peoples
The dispersion of preindustrial peoples is strongly related to winter temperature in two surprising respects. Based on a classification of societies by language, we introduce a statistical model for their dispersion and show that (1) the 10°C (50°F) winter temperature isotherm has been an effective constraint to migration and expansion, and (2) the dispersion of language phyla has been remarkably homogeneous in a certain temperature scale, in con…
The Kelvin dictum and social science: An excursion into the history of an idea
Lord Kelvin's dictum on the importance of measurement in science is frequently quoted (and more frequently misquoted). One version is to be found on the facade of the University of Chicago's Social Science Research Building. An impromptu excursion into the history and uses of this inscription sheds light on the roles of measurement and quotation in scholarship
Precise Measurement in the Face of Error: A Comment on MacRoberts and MacRoberts
MacRoberts and MacRoberts have given us a lucid classification of different sources of possible error in the use of citations as an indication of influence. 1 Their paper will without doubt be itself cited frequently in the future and justly so, for it should be extremely helpful in formulating quantitative models of influence based on citation counts.2 However, in attempting to draw a message from their classification and associated small study,…
The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty Before 1900
The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty before 1900
The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900
A Historical View of Statistical Concepts in Psychology and Educational Research
This essay examines the historical roots of the link between statistics and psychology, exploring the manner in which the conceptual framework for the application of probability in psychological research was created by experimental design
Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle
Research Article| June 01 1994 Jevons on the King-Davenant Law of Demand: A Simple Resolution of a Historical Puzzle Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1994) 26 (2): 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-26-2-185 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen M. Stigler; Jevons on the King-Dave…
Galton and identification by fingerprints.
The Journals of Economics
The authors examine the principal journals of economics, with particular attention to the communication between journals, as reflected by interjournal citations during 1987-90, and the changes over the past century in the characteristics of the authors and the techniques they have used. The numerical results, and those of the statistical modeling of these results, reinforce importance of economic theory as an exporter of intellectual influence to…
Eloge: Churchill Eisenhart, 11 March 1910-25 June 1994
Quantification and the Quest for Medical Certainty. J. Rosser Matthews
Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends
Book Review| November 01 2012 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends. By Barbé, Lluís. Translated by Black, Mary C.. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010. xxxvi; 291 pp. Cloth$150.00. Stephen M. Stigler Stephen M. Stigler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2012) 44 (4): 732–734. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-181154…
Victorians and Numbers: Statistics and Society in Nineteenth Century Britain by Lawrence Goldman
Victorians & Numbers is an ambitious history of British social statistics during the second-longest reign in British history. It encompasses the early formation of regional statistical societies, all the way through the highly technical accomplishments toward the end of the century. Any history that attempts such broad coverage is fated to be uneven; this book’s coverage is unusually so. Although well-written, it soars from early chapters with a …
J.M. Keynes and the History of Probability: The Influence of Locke, Leibniz, and Hume by Francisco Javier Aristimuño Classical Probability in the Enlightenment by Lorraine Daston
The history of probability is itself stochastic: It does not change at random, but it does vary over time in response to the questions asked, and it is susceptible to occasional discoveries of new information.Once a story has been widely accepted it becomes a part of "history."For example, "everybody knows" that modern probability began in 1654 when the Chevalier de Méré asked Blaise Pascal about a problem in dice, inspiring correspondence with P…
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