%0 Journal Article %1 PearFishInma:1994 %A Pearson, Karl %A Fisher, R. A. %A Inman, Henry F. %D 1994 %J The American Statistician %K fisher statistics %N 1 %P 2--11 %T Karl Pearson and R. A. Fisher on Statistical Tests: A 1935 Exchange from Nature %V 48 %X In 1935, a letter to Nature criticizing the logic of statistical tests provoked published responses from Karl Pearson and R. A. Fisher. Their letters illustrate the attitudes of the two men toward the hypothesis-testing problem soon after the Neyman-Pearson formulation and shortly before Karl Pearson's death.

@article{PearFishInma:1994, abstract = {In 1935, a letter to Nature criticizing the logic of statistical tests provoked published responses from Karl Pearson and R. A. Fisher. Their letters illustrate the attitudes of the two men toward the hypothesis-testing problem soon after the Neyman-Pearson formulation and shortly before Karl Pearson's death.}, added-at = {2009-10-28T04:42:52.000+0100}, author = {Pearson, Karl and Fisher, R. A. and Inman, Henry F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2713392a476932666fd3ffe83af453eac/jwbowers}, citeulike-article-id = {207600}, date-added = {2007-09-03 22:45:16 -0500}, date-modified = {2007-09-03 22:45:16 -0500}, interhash = {95b55db254b658ebf27fe88485fdd898}, intrahash = {713392a476932666fd3ffe83af453eac}, journal = {The American Statistician}, keywords = {fisher statistics}, number = 1, opturl = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-1305%28199402%2948%3A1%3C2%3AKPARAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N}, pages = {2--11}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2009-10-28T04:43:01.000+0100}, title = {Karl Pearson and R. A. Fisher on Statistical Tests: A 1935 Exchange from Nature}, volume = 48, year = 1994 }