Questions tagged [statistics]
Questions related to the history of the branch of mathematics dealing with data collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation.
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Why are there so many different and seemingly random estimates of South Vietnamese civilian deaths from Allied fire during the Tet Offensive?
Nick Turse in Kill Anything That Moves reports the apparently official US estimate of 12,500 deaths, incl. 6,300 in Saigon. However, he also quotes a US official as claiming that the US was engaged in ...
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How many German/Austro-Hungarian men were mobilized in the western front by late 1915/1916?
Is there a somewhat accurate figure of the number of German and Austro-Hungarian forces mobilized in the western front in late 1915/1916?
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How far back can we derive reasonably accurate survival function estimation from historical records?
Actuarial science is the profession of modeling and managing risk. Modern actuary started some point between the 18th to 19th century to address the need of pension planning. It estimates the ...
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Are there statistics on Soviet Jews, Germans and other groups dissimulating their ethnic origins?
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence regarding Jews and Germans (and possibly other stigmatized ethnic groups) in the USSR trying to dissimulate their ethnic origins: e.g., children issued from mixed ...
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What proportion of UK civilians killed in the first and second world wars were women and children?
I recently learnt that the number of UK civilians killed in the first world war is around 2,000. This seems surprisingly low but understandable when we realize that the UK wasn't subject to a land ...
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Where can I find statistics on Soviet education of foreign students and in foreign countries?
I'm looking for statistics on soviet education of the foreign students and in foreign countries. In particular, I am trying to find numbers on:
How many foreigners were educated in Soviet Union (e.g. ...
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How do we know the gender distribution of cave art painters?
I recently visited an exhibition about climate, nature and culture during the last glacial period.
One interactive exhibit about cave paintings sported a plaque saying:
"...Jetzt wissen wir, dass ...
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Where to find statistics about the WW2 German bombings of Britain, regarding German bomber sorties versus British civilian casulties?
I'm interested in a comparison of early versus later stages of attacks during the German bombing campaign against the UK. I've searched through many sources, but they usually give totals over the ...
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Does city-specific economic data for the pre-WW2 decades exist for Japan and Germany? How do I find out?
I'd like to the an analysis using historical economic data of Japan and Germany.
For that I'm trying to figure out, if data exists from before 1945 of economic production in different japanese and ...
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Are rural residents more likely to survive large scale war (> 1 million deaths) than urban residents? (Data based answers only)
On the surface, it seems logical that the probability of survival, during times of war, would be higher in rural areas.
More reliable access to food.
Lower probability of being targeted. (e.g. air ...
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When was it first noticed that airplane passengers really seemed to like tomato juice?
There is this observation/theory that during flights, people really like to drink much more tomato juice than while on the ground.
"A small study" (as Wikipedia calls it) from 2015 tries to ...
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Does history use hypothesis testing using statistical methods?
To what extent does the study of history use hypothesis testing? By Hypothesis testing I mean the usage of p-values and significance levels to dictate how an actual event differs from the event by ...
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How many days have elapsed since October 23, 4004 B.C.?
I need the number of exact days from October 23, 4004 B.C., but obviously it's a bit challenging, i.e. there were some days "disappeared" in the history, and things became a bit complicated.
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How sophisticated were efforts to track the spread of past pandemics?
I am currently inquiring into the COVID Tracking Project for a first-year university course. I would like to give some historical context, i.e. past attempts at epidemic tracking.
Searching the web ...
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What percentage of the population were serfs by region/year?
Where can I find statistics on the percentage of the population that were serfs, ideally broken down by country/region and by year? Even very rough estimates would be helpful, but unfortunately I've ...
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