On the General Theory of Skew Correlation and Non-linear Regression

Pearson, Karl [1857-1936]

Published by Dulau & Co., 1905

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30x23cm, 54,(3) pages., Series: Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution, XIV. Cover corner chipped. Worn. Cover margins toned. Good.Series: Department of Applied Mathematics, University College, University of London, Drapers' Company Research Memoirs, Biometric Series, II, Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution, XIV. [" Pearson was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics.[3][4] He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College, London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology. Pearson was also a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics and scientific racism. Pearson was a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton. .,.Pearson was important in the founding of the school of biometrics, which was a competing theory to describe evolution and population inheritance at the turn of the 20th century. His series of eighteen papers, "Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution" established him as the founder of the biometrical school for inheritance. In fact, Pearson devoted much time during 1893 to 1904 to developing statistical techniques for biometry.[29] These techniques, which are widely used today for statistical analysis, include the chi-squared test, standard deviation, and correlation and regression coefficients. Pearson's Law of Ancestral Heredity stated that germ plasm consisted of heritable elements inherited from the parents as well as from more distant ancestors, the proportion of which varied for different traits.[30] Karl Pearson was a follower of Galton, and although the two differed in some respects, Pearson used a substantial amount of Francis Galton's statistical concepts in his formulation of the biometrical school for inheritance, such as the law of regression.,." - wikipedia].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the General Theory of Skew Correlation and Non-linear Regression
• Publisher: Dulau & Co.
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: 3 plates.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History of Science