The Two-Piece Normal, Binormal, or Double Gaussian Distribution: Its Origin and Rediscoveries
arXiv:1405.4995 · doi:10.1214/13-STS417
Abstract
This paper traces the history of the two-piece normal distribution from its origin in the posthumous Kollektivmasslehre (1897) of Gustav Theodor Fechner to its rediscoveries and generalisations. The denial of Fechner's originality by Karl Pearson, reiterated a century later by Oscar Sheynin, is shown to be without foundation.
Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-STS417 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
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