《统计通论》的版本、内容及影响

《统计通论》是20世纪上半叶在中日两国十分流行的社会统计学教材，截止1921年6月，其日文版在日本发行了42个版本，截止1931年5月为止，其中文版由商务印书馆共发行了10个版次。此书前身乃横山雅男的《统计学讲义》，也即1903年时中书局版《统计讲义录》（钮永建与林卓男译）的底本，1908年版孟森译《统计通论》的底本乃日文版《统计通论》的第4版（1904年）。该书包含社会统计学最基本内容，它不仅在日本普及了西方近代统计学理论和方法，而且在中国推动了传统统计思想方法向现代的转变，在晚清、民国时期的统计学教育中发挥了重要作用。

The Research In Edition,Content And Influence of A General Treatise On Statistics

In the first half of the twentieth Century, A General Treatise On Statistics is a widely distributed social statistics textbook in China and Japan, which have 42 Japanese editions to 1921 June and have 10 Chinese editions published by The Commercial Press to 1931 May. The content of this book is based on the author Yokoyama Masao?s another earlier book Statistics Lecture which was translated to Notes On Statistics Lecture by Niu Yongjian and Lin Zhuonan in China and was published by Shi Zhong Press in 1903. In 1908, A General Treatise On Statistics translated by Meng Sen was firstly published in China, which was translated from the 4th Japanese edition(1904). This book covers the basic content of social statistics, it not only helped to popularize western statistics in Japan, but also promoted the change from ancient statistics to modern statistics in China. A General Treatise On Statistics played an important role in statistics education during the period of Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China.