Stone to Silicon

Math & science · 1925

Modern statistics

Fisher's handbook gives researchers significance tests, likelihood and analysis of variance.

Statistical Methods for Research Workers and The Design of Experiments (1935) introduced randomised, controlled designs. They became the standard of evidence in medicine, agriculture and social science.

See it in the living treeWikipedia

Arcs above join it to what it stood on, arcs below to what it led to. The bar places this stretch on the tree's whole timeline.

What it built on 2

Related measurements

The dashed line marks when it first worked.

Cereal yields in England/UK since 1275 Latest: Wheat: 7.28 t/ha (2024) Source: Our World in Data

Cereal yield Latest: 4.21 t/ha (2024) Source: Our World in Data