(1) A Detailed Proof of the Chi-Square Test of Goodness to Fit (2) Statistical Calculation for Beginners (3) Elements of Statistical Reasoning (4) Mathematics of Statistics

Abstract

STATISTICS is fast taking the place of mathematics as the matrix of the sciences. The individual is giving place to the aggregate, the point of location to the interval of confidence and the categorical assertion to the statement in probability. But as yet the subject has not reached that distinctive stage of development which is signalled by the appearance of a comprehensive and rigorous theoretical treatise; and it never will reach the stage at which a comprehensive account can be given of its practical applications in any work smaller than an encyclopædia. The result of these conditions has been the appearance, over the last few years, of an extensive crop of text-books dealing with more or less specialized aspects of the subject. Here is a sample of the harvest of 1939–40, not, on the whole, a vintage year.

(1) A Detailed Proof of the Chi-Square Test of Goodness to Fit

By E. Russell Greenhood Jr. (The Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Prize Essay for 1939.) Pp. xiii + 61. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1940.) 8s. net.

(2) Statistical Calculation for Beginners

By E. G. Chambers. Pp. viii + 110. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1940.) 7s. 6d. net.

(3) Elements of Statistical Reasoning

By Prof. Alan E. Treloar. Pp. xi + 261. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1939.) 19s. 6d. net.

(4) Mathematics of Statistics

By John F. Kenney. Part 1. Pp. x + 248. 12s. 6d. net. Part 2. Pp. ix + 202. 11s. net. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1940.)