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Second referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'Outline of a theory of statistical estimation based on the classical theory of probability' by J Neyman

Reference number: RR/60/28

Date: February 1937

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, The author has fairly met most of his suggestions.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1937].

Endorsed on verso as received 12 February 1937.

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RR/60/28
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February 1937
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Alexander Craig Aitken, Second referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'Outline of a theory of statistical estimation based on the classical theory of probability' by J Neyman, February 1937, RR/60/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_60_28/second-referees-report-by-alexander-craig-aitken-on-a-paper-outline-of-a-theory-of-statistical-estimation-based-on-the-classical-theory-of-probability-by-j-neyman, accessed on 21 April 2026

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