Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Proceedings of the [First] Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Conference: Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Date: August 13-18, 1945 and January 27-29, 1946
Location: Statistical Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley

Editor: Jerzy Neyman

Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1949
501 pp.

Subjects:

Mathematical statistics--Congresses
Probabilities
Permanent link to this proceedings: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bsmsp/1166219193
ISSN:0097-0433

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Miscellaneous front pages, Proceedings of the [First] Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability

i-viii

Philosophical Foundations of Probability

Hans Reichenbach; 1-20

The Place of Statistics in the University (with Discussion)

Harold Hotelling; 21-40

Discussion on Professor Hotelling's paper

E. L. Lucia, Robert J. Trumpler, Harold D. Carter, Everett R. Dempster and J. Neyman; 41-49

A Postulational Characterization of Statistics

Arthur H. Copeland; 51-61

Remarks on Computing the Probability Integral in One and Two Dimensions

George Pólya; 63-78

Distributions Which Lead to Linear Regression

Evelyn Fix; 79-91

Non-parametric Statistical Inference

J. Wolfowitz; 93-113

Remarks on Characteristic Functions

G. Pólya; 115-123

Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications to Physics

Victor F. Lenzen; 125-142

Systematic and Representative Design of Psychological Experiments. With Results in Physical and Social Perception

Egon Brunswik; 143-202

Continuous Index Numbers and Quantitative Study of the General Economy

Francis W. Dresch; 203-221

The Mathematical Formulation of Strategic Problems

Francis Bitter; 223-228

The Reality of Regularities Indicated in Sequences of Observations

G. F. McEwen; 229-238

Contribution to the Theory of the {χ superscript 2} Test

J. Neyman; 239-273

Practical Problems of Matrix Calculation

Harold Hotelling; 275-293

The Statistical Study of the Galactic Star System

R. J. Trumpler; 295-301

Time Series and Harmonic Analysis

J. L. Doob; 303-343

Some Techniques for Simple Classification

Carl F. Kossack; 345-352

An Extension of an Algorithm of Hotelling

Arvid T. Lonseth; 353-358

The Limiting Distribution of Functions of Sample Means and Application to Testing Hypotheses

P. L. Hsu; 359-402

On the Theory of Stochastic Processes, with Particular Reference to Applications

W. Feller; 403-432

Extension of the Romanovsky-Bartlett-Scheffé Test

Edward W. Barankin; 433-449

Some Comments on Large Sample Tests

E. L. Lehmann; 451-457

The Work of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station

Stephen N. Wyckoff; 459-463

The Land-variability Factor in Cattle-grazing Experiments

A. L. Hormay and J. R. Bentley; 465-467

The Problem of Sampling Rainfall in Mountainous Area

E. L. Hamilton; 469-475

Long-term Silvicultural Experiment on Methods of Cutting

A. A. Hasel; 477-479

Selection Problems in Animal Breeding

Everett R. Dempster and I. Michael Lerner; 481-483

Wheat-bunt Field Trials, II

George A. Baker and Fred N. Briggs; 485-491

Biological Association of Insects: Parasite and Host Populations

James K. Holloway; 493-501

Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability