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Referee's report by Micaiah John Muller Hill, 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/13/253

Date: 17 February 1898

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He diasgrees with the draft report. He would be sorry if the author were informed that this was the view of all the members.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1898].

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RR/13/253
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17 February 1898
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Micaiah John Muller Hill, Referee's report by Micaiah John Muller Hill, 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, 17 February 1898, RR/13/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_253/referees-report-by-micaiah-john-muller-hill-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 13 February 2026

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