When Sir Francis Galton Invented the Correlation Coefficient, He Looked

question 53

Multiple Choice

When Sir Francis Galton invented the correlation coefficient, he looked at the relationship between

• A) brain size and intelligence.
• B) skull volume and brain size.
• C) skull volume and intelligence.
• D) head size and estimates of intelligence.

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