Fisher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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