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Biometrika is a scientific journal principally covering theoretical statistics. Biometrika was...

Biometrika is a scientific journal principally covering theoretical statistics. Biometrika was established in 1901 by Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, and Walter Weldon to promote the study of biometrics, the statistical analysis of biological phenomena; the name was chosen by Pearson, although Edgeworth insisted that it be spelt with a "k" and not a "c". Since the 1930s, however, it has been a journal for statistical theory and methodology. Galton's role in the journal was essentially that of a patron and the journal was run by Pearson and Weldon and after Weldon's death in 1906 by Pearson alone until he died in 1936. In the early days, the American biologists Charles Davenport and Raymond Pearl were nominally involved but they dropped out. On Pearson's death his son Egon Pearson became editor and remained in this position until 1966. David Cox was editor for the next 25 years. So, in its first 65 years Biometrika had effectively a total of three editors, and in its first 90 years four. Biometrika begins with a clear statement of purpose: Its contents were to include: Early volumes contained many memoirs on biological topics, but over the twentieth century Biometrika became a