The Hausdorff Space and Applied Statistics: A View from the U.S.S.R.

Authors
Kotz, Samuel Smith, Kathleen
Citation
Kotz, Samuel et Smith, Kathleen, The Hausdorff Space and Applied Statistics: A View from the U.S.S.R., American statistician , 42(4), 1988, pp. 241-244
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1988
Pages
241 - 244
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
The article focuses on the debate in the pages of the Soviet statistical journal Vestnik Statistiki as to the existence and relevance of applied statistics as a separate scientific discipline.The contents of four letters to the editor and relevant editorial comments that appeared in this journal between October 1985 and July 1987 are analyzed.