Guinness, Gosset, Fisher, and small samples
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Guinness, Gosset, Fisher, and small samples
zbMATH Open document ID: 0622.62001
author: Joan Fisher Box
published in: Statistical Science
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The author, a daughter of Sir R. A. Fisher, describes the environment in which the chemist \textit{W. S. Gosset} (1876--1917), who published under the pseudonym ``\textit{Student}'', worked as a brewer at the Guinness Brewery since 1899. During his academic year 1906--1907 at \textit{Karl Pearson}'s laboratory he worked out the exact solution to the probable error of the mean, he tabulated the \(t\)-distribution for \(n=2,3,\dots,10\), and tried to calculate the distribution of the correlation coefficient. In 1912 \textit{R. A. Fisher} (1890--1962), as an undergraduate at Cambridge, was introduced to Gosset. Fisher studied mathematics and then decided to study biology, especially eugenics. He reconciled Mendelism with Biometry. In 1919 he began his research work at Rothamsted experimental station and developed statistical theory. His new material was published in numerous papers and books, e.g. ``Statistical methods for research workers'' (1925).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62-03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
zbMATH DE Number: 4009517
zbMATH Keywords: small samples
zbMATH Keywords: analysis of variance
zbMATH Keywords: experimental design
zbMATH Keywords: W. S. Gosset
zbMATH Keywords: Student
zbMATH Keywords: R. A. Fisher
zbMATH Keywords: Guinness Brewery
zbMATH Keywords: \(t\)-distribution
zbMATH Keywords: correlation coefficient
zbMATH Keywords: Mendelism
zbMATH Keywords: Biometry
zbMATH Keywords: Rothamsted experimental station
Wikidata QID: Q29998879
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177013437
OpenAlex ID: W2091110954
DOI: 10.1214/SS/1177013437
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4009517