The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research

Autores
Piovani, Juan Ignacio
Año de publicación
2008
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This article is meant to reconstruct-from the standpoint of sociology and history of science-the development of the concept and the operative instruments of statistical correlation. The starting point is the discussion of some key mathematical aspects of the Error Theory, including a detailed analysis of the various positions regarding its contributions, if any, to the theory of correlation. Then proceeds to examine how the concept (and its relative instruments) emerged in its modern sense, by the late Nineteenth century, thanks to the work of Francis Galton. Finally, it considers the numerous contributions that rendered possible the formalisation and generalisation of both Galton?s concept and methodological tools, in particular those of Karl Pearson, but also those of Walter Weldon, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, George Udny Yule and Charles Spearman.
Fil: Piovani, Juan Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
Fuente
Quality and Quantity, 42n6, 757-777. (2008)
ISSN 1573-7845
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Ciencias sociales
Probable error
Error theory
Spurious correlation
Historical construction
Mathematical contribution
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
title The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
spellingShingle The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
Piovani, Juan Ignacio
Ciencias sociales
Probable error
Error theory
Spurious correlation
Historical construction
Mathematical contribution
title_short The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
title_full The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
title_fullStr The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
title_full_unstemmed The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
title_sort The historical construction of correlation as a conceptual and operative instrument for empirical research
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Piovani, Juan Ignacio
author Piovani, Juan Ignacio
author_facet Piovani, Juan Ignacio
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias sociales
Probable error
Error theory
Spurious correlation
Historical construction
Mathematical contribution
topic Ciencias sociales
Probable error
Error theory
Spurious correlation
Historical construction
Mathematical contribution
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article is meant to reconstruct-from the standpoint of sociology and history of science-the development of the concept and the operative instruments of statistical correlation. The starting point is the discussion of some key mathematical aspects of the Error Theory, including a detailed analysis of the various positions regarding its contributions, if any, to the theory of correlation. Then proceeds to examine how the concept (and its relative instruments) emerged in its modern sense, by the late Nineteenth century, thanks to the work of Francis Galton. Finally, it considers the numerous contributions that rendered possible the formalisation and generalisation of both Galton?s concept and methodological tools, in particular those of Karl Pearson, but also those of Walter Weldon, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, George Udny Yule and Charles Spearman.
Fil: Piovani, Juan Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
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