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This influential paper has been reviewed by a good many writers, including Hald (1998, pp. 455–459) to whom we refer the reader. However, we must make a few points here.
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David, H.A., Edwards, A.W.F. (2001). The Determination of the Accuracy of Observations. In: Annotated Readings in the History of Statistics. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3500-0_7
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