All of the Following Are True About the Inventor of the Chi-Square

question 87

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about the inventor of the chi-square test EXCEPT:

• A)his name was Karl Pearson
• B)he also invented the method of figuring correlation used today
• C)he stole most of his ideas (or "borrowed heavily")from other statisticians
• D)he also did work in the now-discredited field of eugenics

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