推断统计学起源探析——谨以此文悼祭一代统计学宗师陈希孺院士逝世三周年

When Did the History of Inferential Statistics Begin

从逻辑和历史两个角度对推断统计学的起源进行了尝试性的探索,通过对推断统计学概念的辨析以及历史事实的追溯,指出推断统计学的历史起源于1750年代。

This paper makes an attempt to search for the origin of inferential statistics from the direction of logic and history. By analysis for the coneeption of inferential statistics and a historical retrospect, the paper points that inferential statistics began in the 1750＇s.