Francis Galton

R. W. Farebrother

A chapter in Statisticians of the Centuries, 2001, pp 181-184 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Francis Galton developed the basic statistical concepts of regression lines and correlation between variables. He helped in founding the journal Biometrika and left most of his fortune to establish the Chair of Eugenics subsequently occupied by K. Pearson and R.A. Fisher.

Keywords: Trinity College; Elliptical Contour; Simple Majority Vote; Univariate Normal Distribution; Median Absolute Error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_37

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