naa a22 4500 510778577 CHVBK 20180411083239.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-012-9415-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-012-9415-2 Karl Pearson and Eugenics: Personal Opinions and Scientific Rigor [Elektronische Daten] [Darcie Delzell, Cathy Poliak] The influence of personal opinions and biases on scientific conclusions is a threat to the advancement of knowledge. Expertise and experience does not render one immune to this temptation. In this work, one of the founding fathers of statistics, Karl Pearson, is used as an illustration of how even the most talented among us can produce misleading results when inferences are made without caution or reference to potential bias and other analysis limitations. A study performed by Pearson on British Jewish schoolchildren is examined in light of ethical and professional statistical practice. The methodology used and inferences made by Pearson and his coauthor are sometimes questionable and offer insight into how Pearson's support of eugenics and his own British nationalism could have potentially influenced his often careless and far-fetched inferences. A short background into Pearson's work and beliefs is provided, along with an in-depth examination of the authors' overall experimental design and statistical practices. In addition, portions of the study regarding intelligence and tuberculosis are discussed in more detail, along with historical reactions to their work. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Eugenics nationallicence Immigration nationallicence Jewish nationallicence Prejudice nationallicence Tuberculosis nationallicence Intelligence nationallicence Delzell Darcie Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wheaton College, 501 College, Ave., 60187, Wheaton, IL, USA aut Poliak Cathy Sheldon B Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2200, Kenwood Blvd., P.O. Box 413, 53201-0413, Milwaukee, WI, USA aut Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/3(2013-09-01), 1057-1070 1353-3452 19:3<1057 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9415-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9415-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Delzell Darcie Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wheaton College, 501 College, Ave., 60187, Wheaton, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poliak Cathy Sheldon B Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2200, Kenwood Blvd., P.O. Box 413, 53201-0413, Milwaukee, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/3(2013-09-01), 1057-1070 1353-3452 19:3<1057 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer