K. Pearson to F. Galton, 8th Sept. 1896.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Karl PearsonSent To (Definite): Sir Francis GaltonDate: 8 Sep 1896
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Sent fromKarl Pearson
8 Sep 1896
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‘Dear Mr Galton,
Many thanks for your letter.
I should be very glad, if you think anything might come out of hair or eye colour, and you have time to examine your M.S. data. The problem is simply this: In large families is there less resemblance to the mother than in small? This lesser resemblance which appears in the stature data is, however, not accompanied by a greater resemblance to the father in large families.
I examined the Kennel Club Book & the Hackney Stud Book, but did not find any data to my purpose. I have been at work for about a year in my leisure moments in “carding” thoroughbred racehorses with a view to the problem of heredity & have now about 2000 cards. I shall not begin the arithmetic of them until I have about 4000, but it is very likely that nothing may come of the investigation, as so little data is given in the Stud-book.
I think I followed you before as to the weighting of the variation-ratio in man & woman. A difficulty, however, occurs in the inequality of the numbers for the two sexes. Thus as a rule there are more men than women...’
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Sent toSir Francis Galton
8 Sep 1896
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‘Dear Mr Galton,
Many thanks for your letter.
I should be very glad, if you think anything might come out of hair or eye colour, and you have time to examine your M.S. data. The problem is simply this: In large families is there less resemblance to the mother than in small? This lesser resemblance which appears in the stature data is, however, not accompanied by a greater resemblance to the father in large families.
I examined the Kennel Club Book & the Hackney Stud Book, but did not find any data to my purpose. I have been at work for about a year in my leisure moments in “carding” thoroughbred racehorses with a view to the problem of heredity & have now about 2000 cards. I shall not begin the arithmetic of them until I have about 4000, but it is very likely that nothing may come of the investigation, as so little data is given in the Stud-book.
I think I followed you before as to the weighting of the variation-ratio in man & woman. A difficulty, however, occurs in the inequality of the numbers for the two sexes. Thus as a rule there are more men than women...’
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