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IN the new double number of Biometrika (vol. 14, Parts 3 and 4, Cambridge University Press. Price 305. net) ample evidence is provided to show how groundless is the charge that the interest of modern statistical work is wholly mathematical. Of the ten memoirs published, only three require for their intelligent perusal more than a very moderate knowledge of algebra. The three mainly mathematical papers are Mr. Egon Pearson's evaluation of the probable error of a Class-index correlation, Prof. Pearson and Miss Elderton's paper on the Variate-difference method of determining correlation --a, valuable contribution to the controversy which has arisen over the applicability of this method to various kinds of data-and Mr. E. C. Rhodes' paper on a particular type of Skew Correlation surface.
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Biometry and Mathematical Statistics. Nature 112, 224 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112224a0
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