FISHER,R.A. AND THE MAKING OF MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD 1912-1922

Authors
ALDRICH J
Citation
J. Aldrich, FISHER,R.A. AND THE MAKING OF MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD 1912-1922, Statistical science, 12(3), 1997, pp. 162-176
Citations number
71
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Statistical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
08834237
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
162 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-4237(1997)12:3<162:FATMOM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In 1922 R. A. Fisher introduced the method of maximum likelihood. He f irst presented the numerical procedure in 1912. This paper considers F isher's changing justifications for the method, the concepts he develo ped around it (including likelihood, sufficiency, efficiency and infor mation) and the approaches he discarded (including inverse probability ).