{"product_id":"the-history-of-correlation-9781032865041","title":"The History of Correlation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 30 years of research, the author of \u003cstrong\u003eThe History of Correlation\u003c\/strong\u003e organized his notes into a manuscript draft during the lockdown months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting it into shape for publication took another few years. It was a labor of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will enjoy learning in detail how correlation evolved from a completely non-mathematical concept to one today that is virtually always viewed mathematically. This book reports in detail on 19th- and 20th-century English-language publications; it discusses the good and bad of many dozens of 20th-century articles and statistics textbooks in regard to their presentation and explanation of correlation. The final chapter discusses 21st-century trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome topics included here have never been discussed in depth by any historian. For example: Was Francis Galton lying in the first sentence of his first paper about correlation? Why did he choose the word co-relation rather than correlation for his new coeff\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019258757463,"sku":"9781032865041","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032865041.jpg?v=1750779679","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-correlation-9781032865041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}