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stat.ME2014★ 44 cited
Revisiting Francis Galton's Forecasting Competition
Kenneth F. Wallis
This note reexamines the data from a weight-judging competition described in an article by Francis Galton published in 1907. Following the correction of some errors, it is shown th…
stat.ME2014★ 110 cited
The Two-Piece Normal, Binormal, or Double Gaussian Distribution: Its Origin and Rediscoveries
Kenneth F. Wallis
This paper traces the history of the two-piece normal distribution from its origin in the posthumous Kollektivmasslehre (1897) of Gustav Theodor Fechner to its rediscoveries and ge…