It is well known wherefore the Student’s T-test is used for, but do you also know where it got its name from? Generally, when someone makes a discovery of something, he or she has the opportunity to give it a name and most of the time they just name it after themselves. The Student’s T-test was originally first invented and used by William Sealy Gosset who was a statistician employed in the brewing company Guinness. Because of previous events, Guinness was forced to prohibit his employers from publishing their discoveries and papers. Therefore Gosset had the idea to publish his paper under the name of his pseudonym Student. So instead of the name Gosset’s T-Test, it got the name Student’s T-Test.
Cantaert Bram
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A good one there. However, I would like you to suggest the following:
1. in the second setence, it wouldn't be bad doing away 'of something' for the it to read 'someone makes a discovery, he or she'
2. the pronoun he likewise she is third person singular and do not agree with themselves. Why not him/herself?
3. the third sentence could do without first so that it would read 'The student T-test was originally invented' Also a comma before Guinness could add something to the third sentence.
4. I suspect you wanted to write employees not employers in the fourth sentence.
I enjoyed reading reading your Blog.
A good one there. However, I would like you to suggest the following:
1. in the second setence, it wouldn't be bad doing away 'of something' for the it to read 'someone makes a discovery, he or she'
2. the pronoun he likewise she is third person singular and do not agree with themselves. Why not him/herself?
3. the third sentence could do without first so that it would read 'The student T-test was originally invented' Also a comma before Guinness could add something to the third sentence.
4. I suspect you wanted to write employees not employers in the fourth sentence.
I enjoyed reading reading your Blog.
Patrick
Starting with a question: good option, but 'wherefore' is not the same as Dutch 'waarvoor'. It should read 'It is well known what the Student’s T-test is used for,
As for FB2, themselves is ok.
'Events' is a bit vague. Incidents?
Guinness is a company: we refer back to it using 'its' not 'his'
'Therefore' better 'That's why'
Good conclusion, introduced by 'so'
Olaf
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