History of Statistics

ANDINE DEL ROSARIO 

H AY S I E G A L A P O N
The history of statistics in the modern way is that it
originates from the term statistics, found in 1749 in
Germany. Although there have been changes to the
interpretation of the word over time. The
development of statistics is intimately connected on
the one hand with the development of sovereign
states, particularly European states following the
peace of Westphalia (1648); and the other hand with
the development of probability theory, which put
statistics on a firm theoretical basis
Basic forms of statistics have been
used since the beginning of
civilization. Early empires often
collated censuses of the population
or recorded the trade in various
commodities. The Han Dynasty and
the Roman Empire were some of the
first states to extensively gather
data on the size of the empire's
population, geographical area and
wealth.
1650-1700  The origins of probability and
statistics are usually found in this period, in the
mathematical treatment of games of chance and
in the systematic study of mortality data.
For this was also the age of the Scientific
Revolution 
Statistics in the form of population statistics was
created by Graunt
John Graunt
not having had a university education, is unique.
He publised one work
 
Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bill
s of Mortality
. The weekly bills of mortality (weekly statistics of
death), which had been collected since 1603, were
designed to detect the outbreak of plague. 
1860-1880 ‘Higher’ statistics entered psychology and
economics.

1900-1920  In the years before1920-1930 In statistics

the Great War of 1914-18 R. A. Fisher generated many
probability and statistics were new ideas on estimation and
expanding in all directions. hypothesis testing and his work
on the design of experiments
moved that topic from the
1940-1950 Among the millions fringes of statistics to the
who died in the Second World centre. His
War were mathematicians and Statistical Methods for ResearcStatistician and
h Workers geneticist.
statisticians. 
was the most influential
statistics book of the century.