Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
R.A. Fisher, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, and Scientific Inference (1990), combines three of his most important works—Statistical Methods for Research Workers, Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference, and The Design of Experiments—in a single unabridged volume. In Joan Fisher Box, R.A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist (1978), Fisher’s daughter introduces the man and his pioneering statistical work.
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| Anniversary information added. | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 25, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-references. | May 14, 2023 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. | Jan 25, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Morris - Biography of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. | Aug 24, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wolfram Research - Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography - Biography of Ronald Aylmer Fisher. | Aug 24, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. | Aug 24, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. |
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| Article revised. | Sep 27, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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