Kirstine Smith

Kirstine Smith (April 12, 1878 – November 11, 1939) was a Danish statistician.

After, she worked as secretary to astronomer and statistician Thorvald Thiele[1] and later with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea for which she authored several volumes on fish populations.

[3] At London, she produced an influential paper in the journal Biometrika on minimum chi-squared estimation of the correlation coefficient.

[3] Disagreements about aspects of her work led to increased friction between Pearson and Fisher.

[1] She eventually left research after obtaining her teaching credentials to become a high school teacher.