Whose Paper Entitled "Regression Toward Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature" Began

question 26

Multiple Choice

Whose paper entitled "Regression toward mediocrity in hereditary stature" began the work that gave us linear regression?

• A) Sir Francis Galton
• B) Sir Isaac Newton
• C) Adam Smith
• D) John Law
• E) Edward Bernays

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