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  <dc:title>Referee's Report by Harold Jeffreys on a paper 'Tests of statistical hypotheses which are unbiassed in the limit' by [Jerzy] Neyman</dc:title>
  <dc: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].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>[February 1938]</dc:date>
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