Fisher

1. In which year was R.A. Fisher born?

A) 1925
B) 1900
C) 1875
D) 1890

2. Where was R.A. Fisher born?

A) London, England
B) New York, USA
C) Paris, France
D) Berlin, Germany

3. Which statistical method did Fisher develop to estimate population parameters from a sample?

A) Maximum Likelihood Estimation
B) ANOVA
C) Linear Regression
D) Principal Component Analysis

4. What is the name of Fisher's fundamental book on statistics?

A) Statistical Inference
B) The Design of Experiments
C) Statistical Methods for Research Workers
D) Bayesian Data Analysis

5. Which statistical test did Fisher develop that is widely used in experimental biology?

A) Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
B) Chi-Square Test
C) Mann–Whitney U Test
D) T-Test

6. Which statistical concept did Fisher introduce that measures the amount of evidence against a null hypothesis?

A) Effect Size
B) Standard Error
C) P-Value
D) Confidence Interval

7. What was the title of the series of eleven Eugenics pamphlets authored by Fisher?

A) The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
B) Foundations of Statistical Inference
C) The Design of Experiments
D) Statistical Methods for Research Workers

8. Which statistical concept describes the extent to which observed data deviates from what is expected under a given model?

A) Bias
B) Outliers
C) Confounding
D) Residuals

9. What was the title of Fisher's last book on statistics, published posthumously in 1956?

A) Statistical Methods for Research Workers
B) Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference
C) Statistical Tables for Biological, Agricultural and Medical Research
D) The Theory of the Design of Experiments

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