 Regression towards mediocrity in hereditary stature by Francis Galton

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Published in Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 15, pp. 246-263.

Online text: galton.org/essays/1880-1889/galton-1886-jaigi-regression-stature.pdf

Cited passages: Printed p. 252: shoes-on versus shoes-off uncertainty and the average two-thirds height-deviation claim; Printed pp. 247-248, Table I; pp. 261-262, explanation of Plate IX(a): adjusted heights, counts, grouped medians and 2:3 deviation ratio.

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