Thomas Bayes: References & Edit History
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G.A. Barnard, “Thomas Bayes: A Biographical Note,” is followed by Bayes’s “Essay Towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances,” in E.S. Pearson and M.G. Kendall (eds.), Studies in the History of Statistics and Probability: A Series of Papers, vol. 1 (1970, reprinted 1978), pp. 131–153. Stephen M. Stigler, The History of Statistics: The Measurement of Uncertainty Before 1900 (1986), includes information on Bayes’s contributions.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Newcastle University - School of Mathematics, Statisics & Physics - Bayes� Theorem for Distributions. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Changed “future trials” to “future trials).” | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Thomas Bayes. | Mar 26, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 27, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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