, Statistiek en waarschijnlijkheidsrekening in het werk van Tine Tammes

Abstract

Statistics and probability theory in the work otTine Tammes (1871-1947) Tine Tammes (1871-1947) was the first professor in genetics in The Netherlands. She was a Mendelian who used descriptive as well as inferential statistics. Dutch botanists admired her feeling for the statistical aspects in botanical and genetical research. The astronomer J.C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) stimulated and helped her applying statistics. Especially in her most important genetical publication of 1911 on the validity of Mendel's laws for continuous characteristics she could draw convincing conclusions as she used inferential statistical methods more than others who published on the same subject.