Charles Neill, Frances “Chick” Wood, and Frederick Mosteller all celebrate birthdays this month. Learn more about these and other statistical events that took place in December.
This Month in Statistics History
This Month in Statistics History: October
October has seen incredible milestones—from the birthdays of pioneers such as Évariste Galois to Florence Nightingale to the first US electronic computer.
This Month in Statistics History: September
These ASA Fellows were all born in September: Edith Abbott, Harold Hotelling, and Mary Gibbons Natrella. Discover more in This Month in Statistics History.
This Month in Statistics History: August
There are many “statistically significant” birthdays in August…including the term “artificial intelligence,” coined in August 1955.
This Month in Statistics History: July
July is full of statistical birthdays! Celebrate Ingram Olkin, Isobel Loutit, William G. Cochran, and more.
This Month in Statistics History: June
June is full of statistical birthdays! Celebrate William Gosset, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, and Marie D. Eldridge and more.
This Month in Statistics History: May
Look back through time and learn about historical happenings of statistical significance for the month of May.
This Month in Statistics History: April
Who developed the first formal significance test in 1710? Who introduced the concept of the ‘average man’ and what became the Body Mass Index? Find out in this month’s history in statistics.
This Month in Statistics History: March
Who is credited with inventing the slide rule? Who founded the International Biometric Society? The answers to these questions—and more—are part of this month’s history in statistics.
This Month in Statistics History: February
Learn about birthdays and events in the statistical world that took place in February.