"We have usually no knowledge that any one……" — Ronald Fisher
"We have usually no knowledge that any one factor will exert its effects independently of all others that can be varied, or that its effects are particularly simply related to variations in these other factors."
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21 Quotes by Ronald Fisher
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We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form: The rate of increase in fitness of…
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Inductive inference is the only process known to us by which essentially new knowledge comes into the world.
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If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at…
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No isolated experiment, however significant in itself, can suffice for the experimental demonstration of any natural phenomenon; for the "one…
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No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or,…
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Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
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In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.
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I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting…
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The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
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The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively…
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We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the…
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The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.
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