Der historische Streit zwischen R. A. Fisher und J. Neyman oder: Ein Sittengemälde aus der Blütezeit der englischen Schule für Statistik. (The historical controversy between R. A. Fisher and J. Neyman or: a portrayal of customs belonging to the blossom time of the English school of statistics) (Q1823921)
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| English | Der historische Streit zwischen R. A. Fisher und J. Neyman oder: Ein Sittengemälde aus der Blütezeit der englischen Schule für Statistik. (The historical controversy between R. A. Fisher and J. Neyman or: a portrayal of customs belonging to the blossom time of the English school of statistics) |
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Der historische Streit zwischen R. A. Fisher und J. Neyman oder: Ein Sittengemälde aus der Blütezeit der englischen Schule für Statistik. (The historical controversy between R. A. Fisher and J. Neyman or: a portrayal of customs belonging to the blossom time of the English school of statistics) (English)
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1989
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An account is given of the prehistory and the sources of the (sometimes bitter) controversy between R. A. Fisher and J. Neyman, especially the different scientific views in experimental design, testing of hypotheses, fiducial and confidence intervals are explained. Fisher lived in the tradition of the philosophy of Galton and Karl Pearson, while Neyman was educated in the conceptual mathematics of his Polish contemporaries. Short biographies of Galton, Karl Pearson, W. S. Gosset (``Student''), R. A. Fisher, and Jersy Neyman are included. 6 references.
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Fisher, R. A.
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Neyman, J
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Galton
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Karl Pearson
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W. S. Gosset
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R. A. Fisher
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