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Biometrika 1971 58(1):234-236; doi:10.1093/biomet/58.1.234
© 1971 by Biometrika Trust
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Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXV. On the history of some statistical laws of distribution

O. B. SHEYNIN

Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology, Academy of Sciences Moscow

The history of the x2 distribution and the contributions by Herschel, Maxwell and Boltzmann are discussed. The use of the beta distribution by Bayes is also described.

Key Words: History of normal • chi-squared and beta distributions • History of kinetic theory and Bayes's formula


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