History of Statistics
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Who wrote the first known study of the principles of probability?

  • Adolf Quetelet
  • Laplace
  • Girolamo Cardano (correct)
  • De Moivre

Which mathematician discovered the equation for the normal distribution?

  • Girolamo Cardano
  • De Moivre (correct)
  • Adolf Quetelet
  • Laplace

Who applied statistics to psychology and education?

  • Laplace
  • Girolamo Cardano
  • Adolf Quetelet (correct)
  • De Moivre

Which mathematician published Theorie Analytique des Probabilities in 1812?

<p>Laplace (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known for applying statistics to the study of heredity?

<p>Sir Francis Galton (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who initiated the measurement of anthropological features such as statures and intelligence quotients?

<p>Adolf Quetelet (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is associated with the application of statistics to astronomy?

<p>Adolf Quetelet (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician's work became the basis for inferential statistics?

<p>De Moivre (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist was known for his work on the bell-shaped distribution?

<p>De Moivre (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is associated with the application of statistics to personal characteristics like IQ?

<p>Sir Francis Galton (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers
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