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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to the communicator George Udny Yule. The work is thorough and mathematically sound, but only deals with the simplest possible case. The conclusions are not new and have been previously printed by other researchers. Refers to opinions of Wishart [?]. Suggests the paper be submitted to another, independent mathematician.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 December 1933.

Reference number
RR/51/134
Earliest possible date
December 1933
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Ronald Aylmer Fisher

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Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Referee's report by Ronald Aylmer Fisher, on a paper 'On the independence of sums of squares in the analysis of variance' by S S Wilks, December 1933, RR/51/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_134/referees-report-by-ronald-aylmer-fisher-on-a-paper-on-the-independence-of-sums-of-squares-in-the-analysis-of-variance-by-s-s-wilks, accessed on 12 December 2024

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