Who Is Given Credit for Inventing the Statistic Called Correlation

question 29

Multiple Choice

Who is given credit for inventing the statistic called correlation?

• A)Ronald Fisher
• B)Francis Galton
• C)William Gossett
• D)Ralph Rosnow

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