Regression towards Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature.¶
Galton, F. (1886). Regression towards Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 246-263.
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- Function (Mapping)
- In economics and statistics, demand and supply functions, production functions, and utility functions specify deterministic input-output relationships; regression equations
This sourceOrigin of regression methodology.
- In economics and statistics, demand and supply functions, production functions, and utility functions specify deterministic input-output relationships; regression equations
- Regression to the Mean
Mechanisms¶
- Reliability-Based Reversion Simulation
- Its strength is that it produces a benchmark when no control group exists — the situation regression was first understood in, ever since Galton watched tall parents beget somewhat-shorter children
This sourceShows hereditary stature regressing toward the population average, with children of unusually tall parents tending to be shorter than their parents.
- Its strength is that it produces a benchmark when no control group exists — the situation regression was first understood in, ever since Galton watched tall parents beget somewhat-shorter children
- Trend Detection
- Extreme readings tend to drift back toward the average, so a few periods of apparent movement can evaporate — the phenomenon of regression toward the mean.
This sourceEstablishes the phenomenon Galton termed regression toward mediocrity: extreme parental stature is followed, on average, by less extreme offspring stature.
- Extreme readings tend to drift back toward the average, so a few periods of apparent movement can evaporate — the phenomenon of regression toward the mean.
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