Laplace's theory of errors

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THE ESTIMATION OF THE LOCATION AND SCALE PARAMETERS OF A CONTINUOUS POPULATION OF ANY GIVEN FORM

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Econometrics +11

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Oscar Sheynin · Archive for History of Exact Sciences · 1974 · 138 citations

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Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXIX

R. L. Plackett · Biometrika · 1972 · 107 citations

Natural Sciences, History, Mathematics +16