Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'On large-scale sample surveys' by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Reference number: RR/68/391
Date: 1943
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Sectional Committee: Mathematics
No clear statement regarding publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The paper is of such scope that there isn't time to appraise it in detail. The paper is important both theoretically and administratively. Cannot find fault in the statistical theory. Finds the paper more suitable for publication as a book or monograph, as it has so much bearing on economics and administration.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
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- RR/68/391
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- 1943
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- 2 pages
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Alexander Craig Aitken, Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'On large-scale sample surveys' by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, 1943, RR/68/391, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_391/referees-report-by-alexander-craig-aitken-on-a-paper-on-large-scale-sample-surveys-by-prasanta-chandra-mahalanobis, accessed on 20 January 2026
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On large-scale sample surveys External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st October 1944
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1944.0002
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Referees' reports: volume 68, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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