Francis Galton, measurement, psychometrics and social progress
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Francis Galton, measurement, psychometrics and social progress
Modern cultures are deeply imbued with notions of measurement. Nearly all scientific disciplines depend heavily on mathematics, and the social sciences in particular have seen a rapid recent development of quantitative methodology and accompanying measurement regimes. Political debate also involves the use of measurements of all kinds and it is often assumed that the introduction of new measure...
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Well before the rediscovery of Mendel’s principles in 1900, Francis Galton in 1875 was clever enough to recognize the potential that twins had for determining whether a character was inherited or not. Although he did not use the terms, he recognized that identical or monozygotic (MZ) twins arose from the same ovum whereas non-identical twins or dizygotic (DZ) twins were produced from separate o...
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had a respectable record of success, as reflected in a mortality rate of under ten per cent. This conclusion, based as it is on a careful examination of hospital records, some of which are presented here in appendices, is of considerable importance because most authorities have claimed the reverse to be the case, in that hospitals contributed to mortality and that they represented "gateways to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0969-594X,1465-329X
DOI: 10.1080/0969594x.2011.614220