List of important publications in statistics


This is a list of important publications in statistics, organized by field.
Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:
;Théorie analytique des probabilités

[Mathematical statistics]

Mathematical Methods of Statistics
Statistical Decision Functions
Testing Statistical Hypotheses

[Bayesian statistics]

An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
On Small Differences in Sensation
Truth and Probability
Bayesian Inference in Statistical Analysis
Theory of Probability
Introduction to statistical decision theory

[Multivariate analysis]

An Introduction to Multivariate Analysis

[Time series]

Time Series Analysis Forecasting and Control

[Applied statistics]

Statistical Methods for Research Workers
Statistical Methods
Principles and Procedures of Statistics with Special Reference to the Biological Sciences.
Biometry: The Principles and Practices of Statistics in Biological Research

[Statistical learning theory]

On the uniform convergence of relative frequencies of events to their probabilities

[Variance component estimation]


Estimation of variance and covariance components
Maximum-likelihood estimation for the mixed analysis of variance model
Recovery of inter-block information when block sizes are unequal
Estimation of Variance and Covariance Components in Linear Models

[Survival analysis]

Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations
A generalized Wilcoxon test for comparing arbitrarily singly-censored samples
Evaluation of survival data and two new rank order statistics arising in its consideration
Regression Models and Life Tables
The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data

[Meta analysis]

Report on Certain Enteric Fever Inoculation Statistics
The Probability Integral Transformation for Testing Goodness of Fit and Combining Independent Tests of Significance
Combining Independent Tests of Significance
The combination of estimates from different experiments

[Experimental design]

On Small Differences in Sensation
The Design of Experiments
The Design and Analysis of Experiments
On the Experimental Attainment of Optimum Conditions