The Statistician Cannot Evade The Responsibility For

[coining The Phrase "test Of Significance"] Critical Tests Of This Kind May Be Called Tests Of Significance, And When Such Tests Are Available We May Discover Whether A Second Sample Is Or Is Not Significantly Different From The First.

After All, It Is A Common Weakness Of Young Authors To Put Too Much Into Their Papers.

The Analysis Of Variance Is Not A Mathematical Theorem, But Rather A Convenient Method Of Arranging The Arithmetic.

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.

The Academic Mind, As We Know, Is Sometimes Capable Of Assuming An Aggressive Attitude. The Official Mind, On The Contrary, Is And Has To Be, Expert In The Art Of Self-defence.