Charles Spearman

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Charles Spearman
FRS
Born
Charles Edward Spearman

(1863-09-10)10 September 1863
London, United Kingdom
Died17 September 1945(1945-09-17) (aged 82)
London, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig, Germany
Known forg factor, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, factor analysis
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Doctoral studentsC. E. Beeby[2]
Other notable students

Charles Edward Spearman, FRS[1][3] (10 September 1863 – 17 September 1945) was an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. He also did seminal work on models for human intelligence, including his theory that disparate cognitive test scores reflect a single general intelligence factor[4] and coining the term g factor.[5]

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  2. ^ New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. "Beeby, Clarence Edward". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ Lovie, P.; Lovie, A. D. (1996). "Charles Edward Spearman, F.R.S. (1863-1945)". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 50: 75–88. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1996.0007. S2CID 143787063.
  4. ^ Spearman, C. (1904). ""General Intelligence," Objectively Determined and Measured". The American Journal of Psychology. 15 (2): 201–292. doi:10.2307/1412107. JSTOR 1412107.
  5. ^ Lovie, Pat (2005). "Spearman, Charles Edward". Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science. doi:10.1002/0470013192.bsa634. ISBN 0470860804.