Definition:F-Distribution/Historical Note

Historical Note on $F$-Distribution

The $F$-distribution was pioneered by Ronald Aylmer Fisher in $1922$.

It was tabulated in $1934$ by George Waddel Snedecor, who named it the $F$-distribution in honour of Fisher.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $F$-distribution