ABOUT THE BOOK:- It was probably one of the most comprehensive of all books on Statistics designed specially for the research workers of 20th century. Authoritative in style, it starts from the very basics and surveys in detail almost every method in Statistics which should be known to the research workers. Statistical methods for Research Workers is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods. This book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods. The logic and techniques of research methods can be daunting and not of obvious use to students, and yet this book clearly and coherently defines the terms and requirements of research methods studies for the inexperienced student. Covering Data gathering and analysis, application of the analysis, principles of statistical estimation makes this book relevant to our information dominated society, which exploring the complexities and values of each.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- R. A. Fisher (1890-1962) was an English Statistician and biologist who used mathematics to combine Mendeliangenetics and natural selection. This helped to create the new Darwinist synthesis of evolution known as the modern evolutionary synthesis. He was also a prominent eugenicist in the early part of his life, Fisher worked for six years as a Statistician in the city of London and taught Physics and Maths at a sequence of Public school and at the Themes Nautical Training College where he settled with his new bride. In 1919 he began working at Rothamsted Research. His fame grew and he began to travel and lecture widely. In 1931, he spent six weeks at the Statistical Laboratory at Lowa State college where he gave three lectures per week, and met many American Statisticians. In 1937, he visited the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. Fisher emigrated to Australia where he spent time as a senior research fellow at the Australian common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Adelaide, where he died in 1962.