Francis Galton
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Francis Galton
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Sir Francis Galton was a British polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioral genetics. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human c
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British eugenicist, polymath, and behavioral geneticist (1822–1911)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton
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2002-04-14T11:16:36Z
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2024-09-10T12:06:39Z
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