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Founders of statistics
Statistics
is the
theory
and
application
of
mathematics
to
the scientific method
including
hypothesis
generation
,
experimental design
,
sampling
,
data collection
,
data summarization
,
estimation
,
prediction
and
inference
from those
results
to the
population
from which the experimental
sample
was
drawn
. This article
lists
statisticians
who have been
instrumental
in the
development
of
theoretical
and
applied statistics
.
Founders
of
departments
of statistics
The role of a
department
of statistics is
discussed
in a 1949 article by
Harold Hotelling
, which helped to
spur
the creation
of many departments of statistics.
