Galton: measuring correlation in anthropometric data

What changed

Pairwise association became a quantified empirical object in anthropometric data.

Scientific scope

Exact Proceedings paper indexed 1889; earlier regression and Pearson product-moment correlation separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Galton’s exact Proceedings paper, dated by the DOI record as 1889 after its December 1888 receipt and reading. His earlier regression work, Pearson’s product-moment formalism and later correlation theory remain separate.

Contributors

• Francis Galton · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Galton, Co-relations and their Measurement
• Crossref record for Galton correlation paper

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