TY - BOOK AU - Pfanzagl,Johann TI - Mathematical statistics: essays on history and methodology T2 - Springer series in statistics SN - 9783642310836 U1 - 000SA.01 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer-Verlag KW - Mathematical statistics KW - History. KW - Methodology. N1 - Include index and bibliographical references; 1. Introduction.- 2. Sufficiency.- 3. Descriptive Statistics.- 4. Optimality of unbiased estimators: nonasymptotic theory.- 5. Asymptotic optimality of estimators.- Indexes N2 - This detailed description of the fundamental developments in statistical theory around 1950 points out the centrally important interplay between increasingly refined mathematical techniques and the concomitant developments in methodological concepts ER -