APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO FOOD PROBLEMS

Abstract

STATISTICAL analysis and the logic of inductive inference are taking a part of increasing importance in many branches of scientific research and technology. Evidence of this is provided by the wide range of scientific journals and meetings in which there is frequent discussion of points of statistical technique. A few years ago, the statistical aspect of problems under consideration at scientific meetings was seldom mentioned; to-day there is a welcome tendency for societies to keep their members informed of developments in statistical methodology important to their field of study. At a well-attended joint meeting of the Society of Public Analysts and Other Analytical Chemists and of the Food Grqup of the Society of Chemical Industry, held on December 4, papers on “The Application of Statistical Methods to Food Problems” were read and discussed. The president of the Society of Public Analysts, Dr. G. W. Monier-Williams, was in the chair.