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Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard calculations, delivers a verdict "Significant" or "Not Significant", and then departs.

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D. J. Finney

D. J. Finney

Born: January 3, 1917
Died: November 12, 2018 (aged 101)
Bio: David John Finney was a British statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh.

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