What concept did Francis Galton develop in statistics?
Derivatives
Correlation
Pythagoras theorem
Fibonacci series
Answer
Francis Galton was an English polymath who studied a wide range of subjects, including meteorology, psychology, and statistics. In statistics, he is best known for developing the concept of correlation, which is a measure of the relationship between two variables. Correlation can be positive, negative, or zero, and it can be used to predict the value of one variable based on the value of another.
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