R. A. Fisher's life and death in Australia, 1959-1962

American Statistician

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-165

  Ludbrook, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adelaide; E. A. Cornish; J. Henry Bennett; Jerzy Neyman; Karl Pearson; W. S. Gosset

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244378782     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313005X43281     Document Type: Article

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