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Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the mathematical foundations of theoretical statistics' by R A Fisher

Reference number: RR/26/39

Date: August 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests looking at notation in case some of the letters used are difficult for the printers.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1922]

Endorsed on recto as received 8 August 1921.

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RR/26/39
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August 1921
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'On the mathematical foundations of theoretical statistics' by R A Fisher, August 1921, RR/26/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_39/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-on-the-mathematical-foundations-of-theoretical-statistics-by-r-a-fisher, accessed on 12 February 2025

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