Statistics in Global Level

Statistics in Global Level The term statistics originated in the West and was known by various names, such as ‘status’ in Latin, ‘statistik’ in German, ‘statisque’ in French. It is said that Gottfried Achenwall used the word ‘statistik’ in to describe the political science of different countries. All these names in short mean to describe the political state. The first book to have statistics as its title was ‘Contributions to vital Statistics’ by Francis GP Neison in . It was to prepare a systematic study of birth and death related data. The monumental contribution to the subject of statistics can be attributed to R.A. Fisher ( - ) who was able to apply statistics to a variety of fields such as Biometry, Genetics, Psychology, Education, Agriculture and others. Father of statistics The fundamental principles of statistics were developed by the biologist, Ronald fisher who lived in England during the last century. His studies in statistics led to the synthesis of evolution and modern genetics. Ronald Fisher - - Introduction to Statistical Methods and Econometrics