Fisher

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

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

2. Where was R.A. Fisher born?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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