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    The emergence of probability : a philosophical study of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference / Ian Hacking.

    Hacking, Ian. | Date: 1975
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    Studies in the history of statistics and probability : a series of papers / selected and edited by E.S. Pearson, M.G. Kendall.

    Pearson, E. S. (Egon Sharpe), 1895-1980. | Date: 1970
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    The rise of statistical thinking 1820-1900 / Theodore M. Porter.

    Porter, Theodore M., 1953- | Date: 1986
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    The history of statistics in the 17th and 18th centuries against the changing background of intellectual, scientific and religious thought / lectures by Karl Pearson given at University College London during the academic sessions, 1921-1933 ; edited by E.S. Pearson.

    Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936. | Date: 1978
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    On the history of statistics and probability : proceedings of a symposium on the American mathematical heritage, to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States of America, held at Southern Methodist University, May 27-29, 1974 / edited by D.B. Owen ; featuring articles by W.G. Cochran, H.O. Hartley, and Jerzy Neyman.

    | Date: [1976], ©1976

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