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The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. -- Ronald Fisher
To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. -- Ronald Fisher
Ronald Fisher was a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science. -- Anders Hald
Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability. -- Ronald Fisher
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of. -- Ronald Fisher
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles. -- Ronald Fisher

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