Who is credited with introducing the concept of variance?

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20 Dec 2021
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Ronald Fisher coined the term 'variance' and developed its formal analysis in his 1918 paper titled 'The Correlation Between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance.' He further applied analysis of variance in his 1921 publication.

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