Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890–1962) was a British statistician and geneticist. He played a fundamental role in establishing the theoretical and mathematical basis of modern statistical analysis and scientific experimentation. His contributions to mathematical statistics include the derivation of the exact sampling distribution of several important statistics, a rule for correctly calculating degrees of freedom, the development of numerous parametric tests, and a proof of the optimality of the method of maximum ...
By: Plamena Panayotova
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Edited by: Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams
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| DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036909808
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