Ernest Rutherford? John M. Hammersley? Judy Campisi? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The raw data collected in some scientific experiments is extensively processed via statistical operations. The tentative conclusions of this research may be accompanied with complex discussions of confidence levels. The prominent physicist Ernest Rutherford preferred decisive experiments that did not require sophisticated statistical analysis. …
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