Illuminating Statistical Concepts A Journey with Ronald Fisher

Statistician and geneticist 1890 - 1962. Fisher made important contributions to many areas of statistics, including but not limited to, study design, testing significance of regression coefficients, ... Extractions: Ronald Fisher received a B.A. in astronomy from Cambridge in 1912. There he studied the theory of errors under Stratton using Airy 's manual on the ... The R.A. Fisher Lectureship was established in 1963 by COPSS to honor both the contributions of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and the work of a present–day ... Ronald Aylmer Fisher was born in North London in 1890. His father built Inverforth House, and the family lived here from when Ronald was 6 years old until ... In 1912, Fisher graduated in mathematics and physics from Cambridge University. References 1. (a) Fisher, Ronald. A. (1930) The Genetical Theory of Natural ... Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, ... Ronald Fisher received a BA in astronomy from Cambridge in 1912. There he studied the theory of errors under Stratton using Airy's manual Theory of Errors. British statistician and geneticist. As statistician for an agricultural research institute, he investigated the linkage of genes for different traits. Fisher liked his Millionaire calculating machine and was disdainful of the up-to-date desk calculators which were in plentiful supply by the mid-1930s.