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The design of experiments has been a favorite concern of statisticians ever since R. A. Fisher, 16 after emphasizing the importance of statistics in research, published a second book in 1935, entitled The Design of Experiments, 17 and stated that a clear grasp of simple and standardized statistical procedures will … go far to elucidate the principles of experimentation. Fisher's book, now in its eighth edition, l8 has been followed by many other statistical texts and papers on this topic. With minimal effort, I was able to find 16 current statistical books, l 3‐7, 15, 18, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 35‐37 written in English, with experimental design or some congener in their titles. In arecent bibliographie review 23 of the topic, the authors cited about 800 items published since 1957.
Alvan R. Feinstein (Sun,) studied this question.