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The Statistical Turn in American Social Science: Columbia University, 1890 to 1915

Publication Abstract

Camic, Charles, and Yu Xie. 1994. "The Statistical Turn in American Social Science: Columbia University, 1890 to 1915." American Sociological Review, 59(5): 773-805.

A sociological approach for understanding the process by which statistical methods were originally incorporated into the social sciences in US history is proposed. Columbia University gained a competitive edge over rival universities in the area of statistics.

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