Abstract
PROF. RIETZ aims at explaining the mathematical theory underlying modern statistical analysis, and in particular to correct misleading impressions as to the place and importance of probability theory. He has succeeded in giving an admirable and connected survey of the more important methods, including an account of the Lexis theory. The mathematics used are elementary and the style elegant, but the language is that of the mathematician, and it is doubtful whether the author will succeed in reaching those whose knowledge is confined to the elements of the infinitesimal calculus. From the point of view of readers of this class, the book would have been improved by a list of definitions of the terms employed. To those of mathematical tastes the book can be recommended as offering a convenient conspectus of an important field of thought.
Mathematical Statistics.
Prof.
Henry Lewis
Rietz
By. (The Carus Mathematical Monographs, No. 3.) Published for the Mathematical Association of America. Pp. xi + 181. (Chicago and London: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1927.) 10s. net.
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M.-T., L. Mathematical Statistics. Nature 121, 318 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121318c0
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