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Referee's report by George Ballard Mathews, on a paper 'The influence of bias of personal equation in statistics of ill-defined qualities: an experimental study' by George Udny Yule

Reference number: RR/16/410

Date: December 1905

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

The paper could be accepted for publication in a condensed form. The detailed explanations and especially the tables are not of sufficient permanent value to justify the expense of printing them. The illustrations might be retained, most if not all the tables might be omitted, their noteworthy features being briefly stated. The paper might be reduced to half its present length without sacrificing anything of permanent value.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1906].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 December 1905.

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RR/16/410
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December 1905
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George Ballard Mathews, Referee's report by George Ballard Mathews, on a paper 'The influence of bias of personal equation in statistics of ill-defined qualities: an experimental study' by George Udny Yule, December 1905, RR/16/410, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_410/referees-report-by-george-ballard-mathews-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-bias-of-personal-equation-in-statistics-of-ill-defined-qualities-an-experimental-study-by-george-udny-yule, accessed on 19 January 2025

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