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Referee's report by Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution.— IV. On the probable errors of frequency constants and on the influence of random selection on variation and correlation' by Karl Pearson and Louis Napoleon George Filon

Reference number: RR/13/252

Date: 12 February 1898

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He agrees to the draft report.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1898].

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RR/13/252
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12 February 1898
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Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici, Referee's report by Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution.— IV. On the probable errors of frequency constants and on the influence of random selection on variation and correlation' by Karl Pearson and Louis Napoleon George Filon, 12 February 1898, RR/13/252, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_252/referees-report-by-olaus-magnus-friedrich-erdmann-henrici-on-a-paper-mathematical-contributions-to-the-theory-of-evolution-iv-on-the-probable-errors-of-frequency-constants-and-on-the-influence-of-random-selection-on-variation-and-correlation-by-karl-pearson-and-louis-napoleon-george-filon, accessed on 09 February 2026

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