Referee's report by Karl Pearson, on a paper 'On the geometrical treatment of the 'normal curve' of statistics, with especial reference to correlation and to the theory of error' by W F Sheppard
Reference number: RR/13/266
Date: October 1897
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Some parts of the paper are of great interest and recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Some sections are important but others are uneccessary.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].
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- RR/13/266
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- October 1897
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- Report on paper
- Page extent
- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Karl Pearson, Referee's report by Karl Pearson, on a paper 'On the geometrical treatment of the 'normal curve' of statistics, with especial reference to correlation and to the theory of error' by W F Sheppard, October 1897, RR/13/266, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_266/referees-report-by-karl-pearson-on-a-paper-on-the-geometrical-treatment-of-the-normal-curve-of-statistics-with-especial-reference-to-correlation-and-to-the-theory-of-error-by-w-f-sheppard, accessed on 19 April 2025
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Referees' reports: volume 13, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1896-1897 Reference number: RR/13
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