(Galton) returned 7 hits
1
Galton's 1877 (hypothetical) machine for visualizing Bayesian inference using a prior distribution.
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
2
Galton's first semi-graphic scatterplot and correlation diagram, of head size and height, from his notebook on Special Peculiarities
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
3
Galton's first illustration of the idea of correlation, using sizes of the seeds of mother and daughter plants
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
4
Normal correlation surface and regression, the idea that in a bivariate normal distribution, contours of equal frequency formed concentric ellipses, with the regression line connecting points of vertical tangents
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
5
The modern weather map, a chart showing area of similar air pressure and barometric changes by means of glyphs displayed on a map. These led to the discovery of the anti-cyclonic movement of wind around low-pressure areas
Category:
Cartography
6
Idea for "log-square'' paper, ruled so that normal probability curve appears as a straight line
Category:
Technology
7
Ogive or cumulative frequency curve, inhabitants of Paris by age groupings (shows the number of inhabitants of Paris per 10,000 in 1817 who were of a given age or over. The name "ogive'' is due to Galton.)
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
