F. J. Anscombe

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
46 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

F. J. Anscombe is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, F. J. Anscombe has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Statistics and Probability, 11 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 8 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in F. J. Anscombe's work include Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (9 papers), Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (6 papers) and Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (5 papers). F. J. Anscombe is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (9 papers), Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (6 papers) and Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (5 papers). F. J. Anscombe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. F. J. Anscombe's co-authors include Robert J. Aumann, Ronald Aylmer Fisher, John W. Tukey, William J. Glynn, M. H. Quenouille, M. G. Kendall, Sasanka Roy, T. W. Anderson, Irwin Guttman and John Braithwaite and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

F. J. Anscombe

45 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Definition of Subjective Probability 1952 2026 1976 2001 1963 1955 1973 1952 250 500 750 1000
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Definition of Subjective Probability
    1963 1.1k citations F. J. Anscombe et al. profile →
  2. Statistical Methods for Research Workers.
    1955 752 citations F. J. Anscombe, Ronald Aylmer Fisher Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) profile →
  3. Graphs in Statistical Analysis
    1973 531 citations F. J. Anscombe The American Statistician profile →
  4. Large-sample theory of sequential estimation
    1952 392 citations F. J. Anscombe profile →

Peers

F. J. Anscombe
Herman Chernoff United States
Morris H. DeGroot United States
Jerzy Neyman United States
Alan Stuart United Kingdom
A. P. Dempster United States
Peter Whittle United Kingdom
Bruce M. Hill United States
Leonard J. Savage United States
David A. Freedman United States
Ralph A. Bradley United States
Herman Chernoff United States
F. J. Anscombe
Citations per year, relative to F. J. Anscombe F. J. Anscombe (= 1×) peers Herman Chernoff

Countries citing papers authored by F. J. Anscombe

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. J. Anscombe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. J. Anscombe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1990). The summarizing of clinical experiments by significance levels. Statistics in Medicine. 9(6). 703–708. 10 indexed citations
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Gunter, Bert & F. J. Anscombe. (1985). Computing in Statistical Science Through APL. Technometrics. 27(2). 209–209. 43 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J., et al.. (1982). Computing in Statistical Science Through APL.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 77(380). 940–940. 15 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1973). Graphs in Statistical Analysis. The American Statistician. 27(1). 17–21. 531 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1968). Use of Iverson's language APL for statistical computing. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1967). Topics in the Investigation of Linear Relations Fitted by the Method of Least Squares. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 29(1). 1–29. 99 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1965). Comments on Kurtz-Link-Tukey-Wallace Paper. Technometrics. 7(2). 167–168. 3 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1961). Rectifying Inspection of Lots. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 56(296). 807–823. 7 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1961). Estimating a Mixed-Exponential Response Law. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 56(295). 493–502. 48 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1961). Bayesian Statistics. The American Statistician. 15(1). 21–24. 6 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1960). Rejection of Outliers. Technometrics. 2(2). 123–146. 281 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1959). Quick Analysis Methods for Random Balance, Screening Experiments. Technometrics. 1(2). 195–209. 14 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1958). Rectifying Inspection of a Continuous Output. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 53(283). 702–719. 22 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1956). On estimating binomial response relations. Biometrika. 43(3-4). 461–464. 186 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J. & Ronald Aylmer Fisher. (1955). Statistical Methods for Research Workers.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 118(4). 486–486. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1954). Le meilleur procede pour l’inspection rectifiante d’un lot. 5(1). 67–76. 1 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1954). Fixed-Sample-Size Analysis of Sequential Observations. Biometrics. 10(1). 89–89. 49 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1953). Sequential Estimation. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 15(1). 1–21. 130 indexed citations
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Anscombe, F. J.. (1951). III.--MR. KNEALE ON PROBABILITY AND INDUCTION I. Mind. LX(239). 299–309. 2 indexed citations

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