Suppose that y1,...,yk are normal random variables with ordered means u1 ≤ u2 ≤ uk. A confidence bound is found for each ui that takes advantage of the ordering. The upper and lower bounds are the ...
De Moivre's original derivation of the normal curve in a 7 page Note in Latin and its English translations in the 1738 and 1756 editions of his The Doctrine of Chances are described. Karl Pearson's ...