"The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic."
— Ronald Fisher

January 1, 1970

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Discussion to ‘Statistics in agricultural research’ by J.Wishart, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Supplement, 1, 26-61, 1934.