E26: Eugenics in Statistics

Statistically Insignificant

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There are bigoted skeletons in the dark closet of statistics and we're going to shine some light on them. An examination of what no material analysis does to a motherfucker.

References:

Clayton, A. (2020) How Eugenics Shaped Statistics, Nautilus, October 2020, https://nautil.us/how-eugenics-shaped-statistics-9365/

Unknown author - Historical Spotlight: Eugenics - journey to the dark side at the dawn of statistics, Statistics.com, https://www.statistics.com/history-eugenics-journey-to-the-dark-side-at-the-dawn-of-statistics/

Louçã, F. (2009). Emancipation through interaction–How eugenics and statistics converged and diverged. Journal of the History of Biology, 42(4), 649-684.

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