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Biometrika 1972 59(2):239-251; doi:10.1093/biomet/59.2.239
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Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXIX

The discovery of the method of least squares

R. L. PLACKETT

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

The circumstances in which the discovery of the method of least squares took place and the course of the ensuing controversy are examined in detail with the aid of correspondence. Some conclusions are drawn about the attitudes of the main participants and the nature of historical research in statistics.

Key Words: Calculus of probability • Gauss • History of statistics • Legendre • Method of least squares • Priority in scientific discovery


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