On the Graduation of Frequency Distribution

The graduation of frequency distributions may not improperly be referred to as that branch of actuarial and statistical theory which is most neglected. Elderton's "Frequency Curves and Correlation," which is recommended by the Educational Committee of this Society and is unquestionably the text best known to the English speaking actuaries, presents the Pearsonian methods which have dominated to a marked degree the English school of biometricians.