{"product_id":"an-accidental-statistician-isbn-9781118400883","title":"An Accidental Statistician","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statistics\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E. P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming style, Dr. Box reveals the unlikely events that led him to a career in statistics, beginning with his job as a chemist conducting experiments for the British army during World War II. At this turning point in his life and career, Dr. Box taught himself the statistical methods necessary to analyze his own findings when there were no statisticians available to check his work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Throughout his autobiography, Dr. Box expertly weaves a personal and professional narrative to illustrate the effects his work had on his life and vice-versa. Interwoven between his research with time series analysis, experimental design, and the quality movement, Dr. Box recounts coming to the United States, his family life, and stories of the people who mean the most to him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This fascinating account balances the influence of both personal and professional relationships to demonstrate the extraordinary life of one of the greatest and most influential statisticians of our time. \u003ci\u003eAn Accidental Statistician\u003c\/i\u003e also features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Two forewords written by Dr. Box’s former colleagues and closest confidants\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Personal insights from more than a dozen statisticians on how Dr. Box has influenced and continues to touch their careers and lives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Numerous, previously unpublished photos from the author’s personal collection\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Accidental Statistician\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling read for statisticians in education or industry, mathematicians, engineers, and anyone interested in the life story of an influential intellectual who altered the world of modern statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Foreword xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom ThePublisher xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Early Years 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Army Life 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Contrarywise, if it was so, it might be: and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 ICI and the Statistical Methods Panel 44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Can you answer useful questions?’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 George Barnard 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘When I use a word . . . it means just what I choose it to mean–neither more nor less.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 An Invitation to the United States 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘The time has come, ‘the walrus said,’ to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Princeton 78\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Ah! Then yours wasn’t a really good school.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 A New Life in Madison 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Digging for apples, your honor!’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Time Series 124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘What do you know about this business?’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 George Tiao and the Bayes Book 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘It gets easier further on.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 GrowingUp (Helen and Harry) 144\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘There are 364 days when you might get unbirthday presents, and only 1 for birthday presents, you know.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Fisher—Father and Son 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘I only hope the boat won’t tipple over!’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Bill Hunter and Some Ideas on Experimental Design 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘There goes Bill!’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The Quality Movement 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘The race is over!. . . ‘Everybody has won and all must have prizes.’’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Adventures with Claire 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘What else had you to learn?’’ ‘‘Well, there was Mystery.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The Many Sides of Mac 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘There’s nothing like eating hay when you’re feeling faint.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Life in England 218\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘What matters is how far we go? There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Journeys to Scandinavia 224\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘What sort of people live here?’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 A Second Home in Spain 228\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘I know something interesting is sure to happen.’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Royal Society of London 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Conclusion 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Memories 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMentioned in The Economist- 20 December 2014\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE E. P. BOX,\u003c\/b\u003e PhD, is Ronald Aylmer Fisher Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His lifelong work has defined statistical analysis, while his name and research is a part of some of the most influential statistical constructs, including Box-Jenkins models, Box-Cox transformations, and Box-Behnken designs. Dr. Box is the coauthor of a number of Wiley books, including most recently, \u003ci\u003eStatistical Control by Monitoring and Adjustment,\u003c\/i\u003e Second Edition; \u003ci\u003eResponse Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses,\u003c\/i\u003e Second Edition; and \u003ci\u003eImproving Almost Anything: Ideas and Essays,\u003c\/i\u003e Revised Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statistics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E. P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming style, Dr. Box reveals the unlikely events that led him to a career in statistics, beginning with his job as a chemist conducting experiments for the British army during World War II. At this turning point in his life and career, Dr. Box taught himself the statistical methods necessary to analyze his own findings when there were no statisticians available to check his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his autobiography, Dr. Box expertly weaves a personal and professional narrative to illustrate the effects his work had on his life and vice-versa. Interwoven between his research with time series analysis, experimental design, and the quality movement, Dr. Box recounts coming to the United States, his family life, and stories of the people who mean the most to him. 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