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February 1997 Three early papers on efficient parametric estimation
A. W. F. Edwards
Statist. Sci. 12(1): 35-47 (February 1997). DOI: 10.1214/ss/1029963260

Abstract

Three papers from the early history of efficient parametric estimation are reprinted with commentary: (1) Fisher (1912), "On an absolute criterion for fitting frequency curves"; (2) Engledow and Yule (1914), "The determination of the best value of the coupling-ratio from a given set of data"; and (3) Fisher (1922), "The systematic location of genes by means of crossover observations."

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A. W. F. Edwards. "Three early papers on efficient parametric estimation." Statist. Sci. 12 (1) 35 - 47, February 1997. https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1029963260

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Published: February 1997
First available in Project Euclid: 21 August 2002

zbMATH: 0955.62507
MathSciNet: MR1466429
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/ss/1029963260

Keywords: Genetic linkage , maximum likelihood , minimum $\chi^2$ , Parametric estimation

Rights: Copyright © 1997 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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