Karl Pearson
1857-1936
British Mathematician
A man of wide-ranging interests, Karl Pearson became the father of statistics by an indirect route that led him from mathematics to other disciplines and b...
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Pearson, Karl(1857–1936)
Karl Pearson, a British scientist and philosopher of science, was born in London. He studied mathematics at King's College, Cambridge, where he became acquainted...
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Karl Pearson is considered the founder of the science of statistics. In developing ways to analyze and represent scientific observations, he laid the groundwork for the development of the field of sta...
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Karl Pearson is considered the founder of the science of statistics. He believed that a true understanding of human evolution and heredity required mathematical methods for analysis of the data. In de...
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Karl Pearson is considered the founder of the science of statistics. He believed that a true understanding of human evolution and heredity required mathematical methods for analysis of the data. In de...
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The son of a lawyer, Pearson was tutored at home for most of his early life, although between the ages of nine and sixteen he attended the University College School. He began his university studies at...
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