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Statistics in the computer age: personal reflections

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It is a trivial observation that the computers have changed the way statistics is practiced. But has it also changed the theory of statistics and the way we teach it? I think yes—even if the changes appear to be surprisingly small in some contexts. This is an attempt to give a more detailed answer, based on experiences from my own corner of the world from 1964 till now.

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  1. Professor emeritus, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Tue Tjur

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Tjur, T. Statistics in the computer age: personal reflections. Comput Stat 26, 371–379 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-011-0257-1

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