Statistical Methods for Research Workers

Statistical Methods for Research Workers (ISBN 0-05-002170-2) is a classic 1925 book on statistics by the statistician R.A. Fisher. It is considered by some to be one of the 20th century's most influential books on statistical methods.

Chapters

 * Prefaces
 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) Diagrams
 * 3) Distributions
 * 4) Tests of Goodness of Fit, Independence and Homogeneity; with table of χ2
 * 5) Tests of Significance of Means, Difference of Means, and Regression Coefficients
 * 6) The Correlation Coefficient
 * 7) Intraclass Correlations and the Analysis of Variance
 * 8) Furthern Applications of the Analysis of Variance
 * SOURCES USED FOR DATA AND METHODS INDEX

In the second edition of 1928 a chapter 9 was added: The Principles of Statistical Estimation.

Commentary

 * The March 1951 issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association contains articles celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first edition.


 * A.W.F. Edwards (2005) "R. A. Fisher, Statistical Methods for Research Workers, 1925," in I. Grattan-Guinness (ed) Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics: Case Studies, 1640-1940, Amsterdam: Elsevier.