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1、ThePleasuresofStatisticsFrederickMostellerThePleasuresofStatisticsTheAutobiographyofFrederickMostellerEditedbyStephenE.Fienberg,DavidC.Hoaglin,andJudithM.TanurFrederickMosteller(1916-2006)EditorsStephenE.FienbergDavidC.HoaglinDepartmentofStatisticsAbtBio-PharmaSolu
2、tions,Inc.CarnegieMellonUniversity181SpringStreet5000ForbesAvenueLexingtonMA02421-8030PittsburghPA15213-3891USAUSAdavid.hoaglin@abtbiopharma.comfienberg@stat.cmu.eduJudithM.TanurDepartmentofSociologyStateUniversityofNewYork,StonyBrook,11794USAjtanur@notes.cc.sunysb
3、.eduISBN978-0-387-77955-3e-ISBN978-0-387-77956-0DOI10.1007/978-0-387-77956-0SpringerNewYorkDordrechtHeidelbergLondonLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2009942419©SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC2010Allrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwit
4、houtthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC,233SpringStreet,NewYork,NY10013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computerso
5、ftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarks,andsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprie
6、taryrights.Printedonacid-freepaperSpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com)FredMosteller,1980.PrefaceInthesummerof2003,asSteveFienbergwastravelingthroughNewEngland,hestoppedtovisitwithFredMostellerandDaveHoaglin,inparttodiscussprogressonthepre
7、parationofavolumeofFred’spapers.Thatworkhadinchedalongoveranextendedperiodoftime,andweweretryingtogettheeffortbackontrack.(ThevolumeappearedtheweekafterFredpassedawayinthesummerof2006.)Duringthevisit,Fredbroughtoutatypewrittenmanuscript.Itwasanautobiographythathehad
8、preparedinthelate1980s.Thelatestdraftwasdatedin1990,andthemanuscriptwasstillnotcomplete.ApparentlythiswasoneofthefewoccasionswhenFredhadnotfollow