{{Short description|British statistics organization (1948–1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
The '''Institute of Statisticians''' was a British professional organization founded in 1948 to protect the interests of professional statisticians.<ref name="rss">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentCategoryView.asp?category=42 |title=History of the Royal Statistical Society |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106015804/http://rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentCategoryView.asp?category=42 |archive-date=6 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was originally named ''The Association of Incorporated Statisticians Limited'', but this was later changed.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120085633/http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/gtb/contents.html Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education description]}}</ref> The institute was formed after the Royal Economic Society prevented a 1947 extension to the royal charter of the Royal Statistical Society which would have allowed it to carry out examinations.<ref name="rss" />
The Institute of Statisticians attempted to obtain a royal charter of its own in 1978 and this led to discussions with the Royal Statistical Society about a possible merger. Talks foundered over disagreement on how to arrange the various membership categories. Within a few years, however, the talks were revisited, and on 1 January 1993, the two organisations merged, becoming simply the ''Royal Statistical Society''.<ref name="rss" />
From 1950 the institute published a journal, first called ''The Incorporated Statistician'' (ISSN 14669404) then renamed ''The Statistician'' ({{ISSN|0039-0526}}) in 1962, before being subsumed into the ''Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'' as ''Series D'' upon the merger in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/ejournals/search_zd.asp |title=Princeton University library record of the Institute's publishing |access-date=20 November 2005 |archive-date=30 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130040207/http://libweb5.princeton.edu/ejournals/search_zd.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/journals/00390526.html JSTOR history of the Institute's journal]</ref>
==See also== *Royal Statistical Society *List of learned societies *List of British professional bodies
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080827233832/http://www.rss.org.uk/ The Royal Statistical Society's website]
Category:Statistical societies Statisticians Category:Defunct learned societies of the United Kingdom Category:1948 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:1993 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Category:Scientific organizations established in 1948 Category:Organizations disestablished in 1993