Ronald Fisher (28 February 1880 – 26 March 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for Canterbury from 1904 to 1906.
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Ronald Fisher was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for Canterbury from 1904 to 1906.
“There is, then, in this analysis of variance no indication of any other than innate and heritable factors at work. (Coining of the phrase ‘analysis of variance’.)”
“However, perhaps the main point is that you are under no obligation to analyse variance into its parts if it does not come apart easily, and its unwillingness to do so naturally indicates that one’s line of approach is not very fruitful.”
“To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.”
“Professor Eddington has recently remarked that 'The law that entropy always increases — the second law of thermodynamics — holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of nature'. It is not a little instructive that so similar a law [the fundamental theorem of natural selection] should hold the supreme position among the biological sciences.”
“Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.”
“[...] the uncontrolled causes which may influence the result are always strictly innumerable.”
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Ronald Fisher (28 February 1880 – 26 March 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for Canterbury from 1904 to 1906.