Biometrika centenary: Theory and general methodology. (English) Zbl 1073.62501

Davison, A. C.

Biometrika 88, No. 1, 13-52 (2001).

Summary: Contributions to statistical theory and general methodology published in Biometrika, from 1901 to 2000, are telegraphically reviewed.

MSC:

62-03	History of statistics
01A60	History of mathematics in the 20th century
62P10	Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis
01A90	Bibliographic studies

Keywords:

Bayesian inference; Estimating function; Foundations of statistics; Generalised regression model; Graphical method; Laplace approximation; Likelihood; Missing data; Model selection; Multivariate statistics; Non-regular model; Quasilikelihood; Saddlepoint: Simulation; Spatial statistics