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Karl Pearson and the Scandinavian School of Statistics |
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| Authors: | Peter Guttorp Georg Lindgren |
| Institution: | Department of Statistics, Box 354322, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4322, USA;Department of Mathematical Statistics, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden E-mail: |
| Abstract: | The relationship between Karl Pearson and the Scandinavian statisticians was more of a competitive than a collaborative nature. We describe the leading statisticians and stochasticists of the Scandinavian school, and relate some of their work to the work of Pearson. |
| Keywords: | Cramér genetics Gram–Charlier series Hjort Johannsen jump process Kiaer optimal design survey sampling telephone theory Thiele |