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Whittaker, John
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Shenton, L. R. (1970). "The so-called Cramer–Rao inequality".
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752:Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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389:. He was seriously wounded at the
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449:Edinburgh Mathematical Society
161:Aitken's delta-squared process
32:Alexander Aitken (rugby union)
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680:Mathematics Genealogy Project
358:in 1868. His mother was from
282:Alexander Craig "Alec" Aitken
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980:Honorary Fellows, 1870-2000
947:"Aitken, Alexander Craig".
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1113:53 (3) (1962), 243–258.
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417:University of Edinburgh
367:Otago Boys' High School
316:linear regression model
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703:on 3 February 2009
578:Aitken Lectureship
565:Awards and honours
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