2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A New Approach in the Historical Study of Statistics: a Case Study of Statistics in Japan based on the Institutional Analysis and Quantitative Analysis by Data
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20K00269
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 01080:Sociology of science, history of science and technology-related
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
Uwafuji Ichiro 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (00281494)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 統計学史 / 確率論史 / 統計学の数学化 / 統計教育 / 統計数理研究所 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study is to examine statistics in Japan from its introduction in the late Edo and Meiji periods through to World War II, based on a new perspective on the study of the history of statistics, to clarify the actual situation of the historical process of 'the mathematization of statistics' through an analysis of 'institutional aspects' centered on higher education institutions (the reproductive function of researchers) and research institutions (the productive function of research), and 'statistical analysis of research themes in academic papers.' To achieve this objective, this study (1) grasped the actual situation of statistical education in higher education institutions such as imperial universities before the war and analyzed the social background, (2) analyzed the historical process and social background surrounding the establishment of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, and (3) conducted a statistical analysis of the themes and content of academic papers.
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| Free Research Field |
統計学，科学史
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
統計学の歴史研究は，それを専門とする研究者が少ないためか，一般の統計学のテキストや統計学に関連するWEBサイト等で，誤った歴史的事実が示されていることがしばしば見られる．こうした問題を解決するためは，歴史的事実を丁寧且つ詳細に明らかにし，且つその成果を広く発信していく必要性がある．この点に関連して，これまでも著書，論文，学会報告を通じていくつかの問題について研究成果を公表してきたが，大学における教育が重視されつつある昨今，本研究の成果を広く公開することで，統計教育制度に焦点を定め，より広い範囲でその歴史的事実を明らかにすることができた．
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