Re: [HM] Ronald A. Fisher

Julio Gonzalez Cabillon (jgc@adinet.com.uy)
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:26:52 -0200

Dear James,

> I have some minor questions about the statistician Sir Ronald A. Fisher.
>
> 1) What is the date of Fisher's paper "Applications of 'Student's'
> Distribution," which appeared in Metron, 3, 90-114?

The precise reference is:

[1] Fisher, R.A.:
Applications of "Student's" Distribution,
_Metron_, vol 5 (1925), no 3, pp 90-104.

Please note also:

[2] Student:
New tables for testing the significance of observations,
_Metron_, vol 5 (1925), no 3, pp 105-108.

[3] Fisher, R.A.:
Expansion of "Student's" integral in powers of $n^{-1}$,
_Metron_, vol 5 (1925), no 3, pp 109-120.

Best regards,
Julio Gonzalez Cabillon