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A. W. F. Edwards
(4 Oct 1935 - )
British statistician who trained as a geneticist, but self-taught statistics. His has published books on mathematical genetics, Pascal's Triangle, statics, Venn diagrams, and in 2004 ao-authored A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics with Milo Meynes.
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Science Quotes by A. W. F. Edwards (1 quote)
What used to be called judgment is now called prejudice, and what used to be called prejudice is now called a null hypothesis.
— A. W. F. Edwards
Likelihood (1972), 180.
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- 4 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Edwards's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) --
Carl Sagan
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