To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of.
Ronald FisherAbout author
- Author's profession: Mathematician
- Nationality: english
- Born: February 17, 1890
- Died: July 29, 1962
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