Fisher, Neyman, and the Creation of Classical Statistics

Erich L. Lehmann (1917-2009) was Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He was also a member of the American and National Academies, an Editor of the Annals of Mathematical Statistics, and President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He held honorary degrees from the Universities of Chicago and Leiden, and was awarded the Wilks and Noether prizes. He was also the author of Testing Statistical Hypotheses, Theory of Point Estimation, and Elements of Large-Sample Theory, all published by Springer.

From the reviews: "I enjoyed reading about the Human traits of the founders of modern classical statistics. The author put a lot of work into finding and citing the writings from Fisher and Neyman. ... This is a well done book that I recommend reading. I also think that it would make a great graphic novel." (Cats and Dogs with Data, maryannedata.wordpress.com, August, 2013) "It provides a historical account of the development of classical statistics over a period covering approximately the first half of the twentieth century ... . The purported aim of this book is to 'trace the creation of classical statistics, and to show that it was principally the work of two men, Fisher and Neyman' ... . it has been reasonably successful in achieving this. ... I would recommend this book to those who have a serious interest in the history of statistics ... ." (Martin Griffiths, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 97 (538), March, 2013)

• Introduction.- Fisher's Testing Methodology.- The Neyman-Pearson Theory.- Fisher's Dissent.- The Design of Experiments and Sample Surveys.- Estimation.- Epilogue.