((Howard)) ((Fisher)) returned 8 hits
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Beginnings of the development of modern statistical theory (sampling distributions (1915), randomization, likelihood (1921), small sample theory, exact distributions, analysis of variance (1925), etc.)
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Use of coordinate paper in published research (graph of barometric variations)
Category:
Technology
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Initial development of geographic information systems, combining spatially-referenced data, spatial models and map-based visualization. Example: Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics (and Spatial Analysis) develops SYMAP, producing isoline, choropleth and proximal maps on a line printer
Category:
Cartography
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Harvard's Mark I, the first digital computer, put in service. Officially known as the "IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator'' (ASCC), the Mark I was 50 feet long and weighed about 5 tons.
Category:
Technology
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Comparative experimental test of histogram, hanging histogram and hanging rootogram
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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First modern review of the early history of statistical graphics
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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"Cartesian rectangle'' to represent 2 x 2 table, experimentally tested against other forms
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Graphical methods applied to explain fundamental relations in thermodynamics; this includes diagrams of entropy vs. temperature (where work or heat is proportional to area), and the first use of trilinear coordinates (graphs of (x,y,z) where x+y+z=constant)
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
