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and the use of statistical methods in biological science. Welch made his own distinctive theoretical contribution there and committed himself to furthering the explosive impact that statistics was beginning to make in industrial and agricultural fields.
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Welch, B. L. (1947). "The Generalization of 'Student's' Problem when Several Different Population Variances are Involved".
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Welch retired in 1976. In June 1989, he suffered a stroke; on 29 December 1989 Welch died as a result of it.
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to study statistics. Pearson and Fisher were creating a centre at the College for studies in
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From 1939 to 1946 Welch served as a Scientific Officer on the Ordnance Board of the
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Welch was a founder of the Industrial and Agricultural Research Section of the
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team for two years. Welch graduated, first class, in mathematics in 1933.
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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society)
474: 439: 353: 466: 121: 59: 18: 344:, the youngest of four brothers, Welch was educated at the 301: 291: 274: 266: 251: 244: 152:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 8: 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 241: 429: 230:Learn how and when to remove this message 212:Learn how and when to remove this message 110:Learn how and when to remove this message 320:(1911 – 29 December 1989) was a British 73:This article includes a list of general 404: 324:and educator. He is known for creating 352:, where he was captain of the college 270:December 1989 (aged 77–78) 7: 523:Academics of the University of Leeds 150:adding citations to reliable sources 518:Alumni of the University of Oxford 431:10.1111/j.1467-985X.1990.tb00235.x 79:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 414:"Obituary: Professor B. L. Welch" 34:This article has multiple issues. 126: 64: 23: 137:needs additional citations for 42:or discuss these issues on the 1: 539: 373:Royal Statistical Society 361:University College London 350:Brasenose College, Oxford 311: 284: 94:more precise citations. 412:Mardia, K. V. (1990). 513:British statisticians 365:statistical inference 161:"Bernard Lewis Welch" 359:Welch then attended 146:improve this article 16:British statistician 390:University of Leeds 318:Bernard Lewis Welch 246:Bernard Lewis Welch 386:Ministry of Supply 315: 314: 302:Doctoral students 286:Scientific career 240: 239: 232: 222: 221: 214: 196: 120: 119: 112: 57: 530: 487: 486: 450: 444: 443: 433: 409: 336:Born in 1911 in 262: 260: 242: 235: 228: 217: 210: 206: 203: 197: 195: 154: 130: 122: 115: 108: 104: 101: 95: 90:this article by 81:inline citations 68: 67: 60: 49: 27: 26: 19: 538: 537: 533: 532: 531: 529: 528: 527: 493: 492: 491: 490: 467:10.2307/2332510 452: 451: 447: 411: 410: 406: 401: 348:. He attended 334: 258: 256: 247: 236: 225: 224: 223: 218: 207: 201: 198: 155: 153: 143: 131: 116: 105: 99: 96: 86:Please help to 85: 69: 65: 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 536: 534: 526: 525: 520: 515: 510: 505: 495: 494: 489: 488: 461:(1/2): 28–35. 445: 424:(2): 253–254. 403: 402: 400: 397: 333: 330: 326:Welch's t-test 313: 312: 309: 308: 303: 299: 298: 293: 289: 288: 282: 281: 279:Welch's t-test 276: 275:Known for 272: 271: 268: 264: 263: 253: 249: 248: 245: 238: 237: 220: 219: 134: 132: 125: 118: 117: 72: 70: 63: 58: 32: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 535: 524: 521: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 504: 501: 500: 498: 484: 480: 476: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 449: 446: 441: 437: 432: 427: 423: 419: 415: 408: 405: 398: 396: 393: 391: 387: 382: 380: 379: 374: 369: 366: 362: 357: 355: 351: 347: 343: 342:County Durham 339: 331: 329: 327: 323: 319: 310: 307: 304: 300: 297: 294: 290: 287: 283: 280: 277: 273: 269: 265: 254: 250: 243: 234: 231: 216: 213: 205: 194: 191: 187: 184: 180: 177: 173: 170: 166: 163: –  162: 158: 157:Find sources: 151: 147: 141: 140: 135:This article 133: 129: 124: 123: 114: 111: 103: 93: 89: 83: 82: 76: 71: 62: 61: 56: 54: 47: 46: 41: 40: 35: 30: 21: 20: 458: 454: 448: 421: 417: 407: 394: 383: 376: 370: 358: 335: 322:statistician 317: 316: 285: 226: 208: 199: 189: 182: 175: 168: 156: 144:Please help 139:verification 136: 106: 97: 78: 50: 43: 37: 36:Please help 33: 508:1989 deaths 503:1911 births 346:Bede School 92:introducing 497:Categories 455:Biometrika 399:References 378:Biometrika 338:Sunderland 296:Statistics 172:newspapers 75:references 39:improve it 332:Biography 306:David Cox 202:June 2018 100:June 2018 45:talk page 483:20287819 475:2332510 440:2982806 354:cricket 257: ( 186:scholar 88:improve 481:  473:  438:  292:Fields 188:  181:  174:  167:  159:  77:, but 471:JSTOR 436:JSTOR 193:JSTOR 179:books 479:PMID 267:Died 259:1911 255:1911 252:Born 165:news 463:doi 426:doi 422:153 340:in 148:by 499:: 477:. 469:. 459:34 457:. 434:. 420:. 416:. 328:. 48:. 485:. 465:: 442:. 428:: 261:) 233:) 227:( 215:) 209:( 204:) 200:( 190:· 183:· 176:· 169:· 142:. 113:) 107:( 102:) 98:( 84:. 55:) 51:(

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