IN Biometrika, 28, 34–59, the late Prof. Karl Pearson published a severe criticism of some work on curve fitting by the Indian statistician, R. S. Koshal. Since the criticism, if taken at its ...

This chapter introduces the concepts of curve fitting, regression, covariance, and correlation, as applied to probability and statistics. Several examples are presented to illustrate their use in ...

This chapter introduces the concepts of curve fitting, regression, covariance, and correlation, as applied to probability and statistics. Several examples are presented to illustrate their use in ...