An Introduction to the Statistical Approach: An outline of the principles of statistics and examples of applications to design and management

Abstract

NOWADAYS one tends to associate the terra statistics entirely with numeration and mathematical analysis. It is perhaps of some interest therefore that when the term was first used in 1770 it was defined as ‘The science of the political arrangement of all the modern states of the known world’. Later (in 1787) it was related to the science of ‘the power of the several modern states arising from their natural advantages, industry, etc.’

Citation

Harvey, R.A. (1969), "An Introduction to the Statistical Approach: An outline of the principles of statistics and examples of applications to design and management", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 41 No. 2, pp. 12-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034476