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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Roger Koenker
Published in: American Statistician
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 20-25
Previous version: cemmap Working Papers [Details]
Data is reanalyzed from an important series of 19th century experiments conducted by C. S. Peirce and designed to study the plausibility of the Gaussian law of errors for astronomical observations. Contrary to the findings of Peirce, but in accordance with subsequent analysis by Frechet and Wilson and Hilferty, we find normality implausible and medians an attractive alternative to means for the analysis.
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