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Historiometry, the Glossary

Historiometry is the historical study of human progress or individual personal characteristics, using statistics to analyze references to geniuses, their statements, behavior and discoveries in relatively neutral texts.^[1]

37 relations: Adolphe Quetelet, Albert Einstein, Catharine Cox Miles, Charisma, Charles Murray (political scientist), Clara Schumann, Cliometrics, Creativity, Dean Simonton, Demographics of Belgium, Francis Galton, Genius, George W. Bush, Hereditary Genius, Hoax, Human Accomplishment, Isaac Newton, John Quincy Adams, Mathematician, Michelangelo, Musicology, Paul E. Meehl, Personality psychology, Physicist, Polymath, Psychologist, Psychology, Psychometrics, Quantitative history, Quantitative psychology, Raw data, Reference, Retrospective, Technology, Training and development, U.S. presidential IQ hoax, Warren G. Harding.
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Adolphe Quetelet

Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

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Catharine Cox Miles

Catharine Morris Cox Miles (May 20, 1890 – October 11, 1984) was an American psychologist known for her work on intelligence and genius.

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Charisma

Charisma is a personal quality of presence or charm that other people find psychologically compelling.

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Charles Murray (political scientist)

Charles Alan Murray (born January 8, 1943) is an American political scientist.

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Clara Schumann

Clara Josephine Schumann (née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher.

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Cliometrics

Cliometrics (also), sometimes called 'new economic history' or 'econometric history', is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social and economic history).

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Creativity

Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable ideas or works using the imagination.

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Dean Simonton

Dean Keith Simonton is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus based in Davis, California, affiliated with the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis.

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Demographics of Belgium

Demographic features of the population of Belgium include ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

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Francis Galton

Sir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymath and the originator of the behavioral genetics movement during the Victorian era.

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Genius

Genius is a characteristic of original and exceptional insight in the performance of some art or endeavor that surpasses expectations, sets new standards for the future, establishes better methods of operation, or remains outside the capabilities of competitors.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Hereditary Genius

Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences is a book by Francis Galton about the genetic inheritance of intelligence.

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Hoax

A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims into putting up the highest possible social currency in support of the hoax.

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Human Accomplishment

Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 is a 2003 book by the political scientist Charles Murray.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.

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Musicology

Musicology (from Greek μουσική 'music' and -λογια, 'domain of study') is the scholarly study of music.

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Paul E. Meehl

Paul Everett Meehl (3 January 1920 – 14 February 2003) was an American clinical psychologist.

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Personality psychology

Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals.

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Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.

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Polymath

A polymath (lit; lit) or polyhistor (lit) is an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

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Psychologist

A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Psychometrics

Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement.

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Quantitative history

Quantitative history is a method of historical research that uses quantitative, statistical and computer resources.

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Quantitative psychology

Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. Historiometry and Quantitative psychology are Psychometrics.

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Raw data

Raw data, also known as primary data, are data (e.g., numbers, instrument readings, figures, etc.) collected from a source.

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Reference

A reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

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Retrospective

A retrospective (from Latin, "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past.

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Technology

Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.

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Training and development

Training and development involve improving the effectiveness of organizations and the individuals and teams within them.

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U.S. presidential IQ hoax

The U.S. presidential IQ hoax was a mid-2001 e-mail and internet hoax that purported to provide a list of estimated IQs of the U.S. presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush.

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Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiometry

Also known as Cliometric metatheory, Historiometric, Historiometrics.

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