Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. —VII. On the correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable' by Karl Pearson
Reference number: RR/14/216
Date: 25 September 1899
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The statistical method is new, but does not know if something as complex as an organ can be measured by a single parameter. Suggests the opinion of another referee be sought. The paper is a continuation of a series already printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Mathematics, Biology
[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Endorsed on verso as received 26 September 1899.
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- 25 September 1899
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George Howard Darwin, Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. —VII. On the correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable' by Karl Pearson, 25 September 1899, RR/14/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_216/referees-report-by-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-mathematical-contributions-to-the-theory-of-evolution-vii-on-the-correlation-of-characters-not-quantitatively-measurable-by-karl-pearson, accessed on 12 November 2024
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I. Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. —VII. On the correlation of characters not quantitatively measurable External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 1st January 1901
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1900.0022
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