A conversation with Elja Arjas (Helsinki,November 2021 and March 2022) |
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Authors: | Jukka Corander |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | Statistics as an independent scientific discipline is relatively young in Finland. Its active history stretches back roughly a century, with the past 50 years signifying a period of growth. Few other academics such as Elja Arjas, now professor emeritus at University of Helsinki, have played a prominent role in establishing statistics in Finland. This conversation tries to illuminate how this came to happen and what was needed to push statistics as a discipline to a firmer ground. We do not have a looking glass at our disposal but will nevertheless also try make some predictions about the future. |
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Keywords: | history of statistics finland |
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