Abstract
LONDONMathematical Society, April 9.—Prof. Cayley, vice-president, in the chair.—Mi. G. H. Darwin read a paper On Probable Error in Statistics. He stated that he had been at work at a statistical inquiry, and was desirous of forming some idea of what degree of accuracy he had a right to expect from the collection of a given number of cases. He put the problem into the following form :—A bag is known to contain a very large number of black balls and white balls, mixed at hazard ; on drawing a large handfull of n balls, I find p are white and the rest black.
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