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1 A correlation coefficient is a statistical measure of the amount of concomitant variation between two variables. When two variables exhibit perfect direct, con­ comitant variation, when, that is to say, an increase in one is accompaned by a corresponding increase in the other, or a decrease in one by a decrease in the other, the correlation coefficient between them is expressed by the figure + i . Such, in physics, is the relationship between the pressure and the temperature of a gas when the volume is held constant.

H ow Animals Develop. London: Allen & Unwin, * 935 > FP» 127. 11- Waddington, C. , An Introduction to Modem Genetics. London: Allen & Unwin, 1939, pp. 441. CHAPTER III HEREDITY AND HUMAN PROBLEMS "That is Mary Ann Fudge my grandmother I think said Bernard she was very well known in her day. “ Why asked Ethel who was rarther curious by nature. ” — The Young Visiters, b y D a is y A s h f o r d . Whereas the fruit fly breeds rapidly, has large families, and is capable o f being brought up in large numbers in small bottles, human beings breed slowly, have very small families, and though they can be brought up on bottles they cannot be brought up in them.

The former are known as identical twins; they are always of the same sex and are closely similar in physical characteristics. The latter are known as fraternal twins; they may be of the same sex or of different sexes, and they are no more alike than are ordinary siblings. It is probable, in the light of subsequent knowledge, that most of Galton’s like twins were identical and most of his unlike twins were fraternal. Galton obtained information about the twins by sending out a questionnaire asking for Certain particulars.

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