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Karl Pearson and the Chi - squared Test
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Karl Pearson played an enormous role in determining the content and organization of statistical research in his day, through his research, his teaching, his establishment of laboratories, and his initiation of a vast publishing program. His technical contributions had initially and continue today to have a profound impact upon the work of both applied and theoretical statisticians, partly throu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1936
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/137951c0