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Scientific progress despite irreproducibility: A seeming paradox
Richard M. Shiffrin, Katy Borner, Stephen M. Stigler
It appears paradoxical that science is producing outstanding new results and theories at a rapid rate at the same time that researchers are identifying serious problems in the prac…
The True Title of Bayes's Essay
Stephen M. Stigler
New evidence is presented that Richard Price gave Thomas Bayes's famous essay a very different title from the commonly reported one. It is argued that this implies Price almost sur…
Karl Pearson's Theoretical Errors and the Advances They Inspired
Stephen M. Stigler
Karl Pearson played an enormous role in determining the content and organization of statistical research in his day, through his research, his teaching, his establishment of labora…
The Epic Story of Maximum Likelihood
Stephen M. Stigler
At a superficial level, the idea of maximum likelihood must be prehistoric: early hunters and gatherers may not have used the words ``method of maximum likelihood'' to describe the…
Discussion of: Statistical analysis of an archeological find
Stephen M. Stigler
Discussion of ``Statistical analysis of an archeological find'' by Andrey Feuerverger [arXiv:0804.0079]
William Kruskal Remembered
Stephen M. Stigler
Discussion of ``The William Kruskal Legacy: 1919--2005'' by Stephen E. Fienberg, Stephen M. Stigler and Judith M. Tanur [arXiv:0710.5063]