Karl Pearson sent the first of two papers on correlation to the Royal Society. The two papers, titled "Regression, heredity and panmixia" and "On the probable errors of frequency constants and on the influence of random selection on variation and correlation" (with L. N. G. Filon) provided a basic formula for the accurate estimation of correlation.

Type of event: Other Notable Event

Country: United Kingdom

Region: Europe and the former USSR