Galton's problem — Galton’s problem, named after Sir Francis Galton, is the problem of drawing inferences from cross cultural data, due to the statistical phenomenon now called autocorrelation. The problem is now recognized as a general one that applies to all… … Wikipedia
Galton–Watson process — The Galton–Watson process is a stochastic process arising from Francis Galton s statistical investigation of the extinction of surnames. History There was concern amongst the Victorians that aristocratic surnames were becoming extinct. Galton… … Wikipedia
Francis Galton — Infobox Scientist name = Francis Galton caption = Francis Galton birth date = birth date|1822|2|16|df=y birth place = Birmingham, England death date = Death date and age|1911|1|17|1822|2|16|df=y death place = Haslemere, Surrey, England residence … Wikipedia
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The Wisdom of Crowds — The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations , first published in 2004, is a book written by James Surowiecki about the aggregation of information in… … Wikipedia
History of psychology — The history of psychology as a scholarly study of the mind and behavior dates back to the Ancient Greeks. There is also evidence of psychological thought in ancient Egypt. Psychology was a branch of philosophy until the 1870s, when psychology… … Wikipedia
probability and statistics — ▪ mathematics Introduction the branches of mathematics concerned with the laws governing random events, including the collection, analysis, interpretation, and display of numerical data. Probability has its origin in the study of gambling… … Universalium
Regression analysis — In statistics, regression analysis is a collective name for techniques for the modeling and analysis of numerical data consisting of values of a dependent variable (response variable) and of one or more independent variables (explanatory… … Wikipedia
Regression toward the mean — In statistics, regression toward the mean (also known as regression to the mean) is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on a second measurement, and a fact that may… … Wikipedia
Mental chronometry — For Ian Lowe s book, see Reaction Time (book). Reaction time redirects here. For the biological mechanism, see Reflex. Mental chronometry is the use of response time in perceptual motor tasks to infer the content, duration, and temporal… … Wikipedia