A history of the development of statistical methods for designing and analyzing agricultural experiments in the world and in Poland
Wiesław Mądry
wieslaw_madry@sggw.plKatedra Biometrii, Wydział Rolnictwa i Biologii, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3607-3124
Dariusz Gozdowski
Katedra Biometrii, Wydział Rolnictwa i Biologii, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-7607
Abstract
The paper presents the main directions, chronology and achievements in the field of mathematical statistical methods applied to biometrics and agricultural experimentation, conducted from the 17th century to modern times. The achievements of scientists globally and in Poland are taken into account. The historical and present importance of these mathematical and methodological findings for the development and progress of empirical sciences in general, and especially agricultural and biological sciences, is emphasized. The importance of using statistical methods in the recognition of empirical agricultural research as agricultural science is presented. Testimonies and considerations on statistical discoveries and inventions over the centuries are documented and illustrated by the original publications and real activities of the pioneers of statistics, biometrics and agricultural experimentation, as well as contemporary scientists in these fields.
Keywords:
statistical methods, multivariate methods, estimation, hypothesis testing, experimental designs, statistical inference, statisticians, biometriciansReferences
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Wiesław Mądrywieslaw_madry@sggw.pl
Katedra Biometrii, Wydział Rolnictwa i Biologii, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3607-3124
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Dariusz GozdowskiKatedra Biometrii, Wydział Rolnictwa i Biologii, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-7607
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