| RefNo | RR/W/6/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's Report by Harold Jeffreys on a paper 'Tests of statistical hypotheses which are unbiassed in the limit' by [Jerzy] Neyman |
| Date | [February 1938] |
| Description | Paper reference code: A.10
Sectional committee: Mathematics
Suggests the paper may be better suited for publication in Biometrika.
[Original response to Q7 is partially in square brackes and entirely crossed out, and a revised response written on the attached sheet.]
Original response states that the paper is primarily 'elaborate proofs of more or less well-known propositions'. Suggests it may be more suitable for [Egon Sharpe] Pearson's journals or the London Mathematical Society. Acknowledges his opinion may be influenced by a personal bias. Suggests [Alexander Craig] Aitken may be a more suitable referee, and advises against [Ronald] Fisher. Critiques the results and methodology.
Revised response states uncertainty the paper's suitability for publication. Queries the wording of the title and critiques methodology.
[Not published in RS journals but in the Annals of Mathematical Statistics, v. 9, 2, June 1938]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Print |
| PhysicalDescription | Standardised form (type E) |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RR/W/6/5 |
| RR/W/6/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1936 | Neyman; Jerzy (1894 - 1981) | 1894 - 1981 |
| NA6946 | Jeffreys; Sir; Harold (1891 - 1989) | 1891 - 1989 |
| NA7969 | Fisher; Sir; Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962); statistician and geneticist | 1890 - 1962 |
| NA1487 | Aitken; Alexander Craig (1895 - 1967) | 1895 - 1967 |
| NA1032 | Pearson; Egon Sharpe (1895 - 1980) | 1895 - 1980 |