Charles Edward Spearman was an English psychologist known for his work in statistics and as a pioneer of factor analysis, including Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. He proposed that disparate cognitive test scores reflect a single general intelligence factor, coining the term g factor, a foundational idea in the study of human intelligence.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPioneer of factor analysis, known for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and for his theory that disparate cognitive test scores reflect a single general intelligence factor, coining the term g factor. 1 In the Other Atlases
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He also did seminal work on models for human intelligence, including his theory that disparate cognitive test scores reflect a single general intelligence factor and coining the term g factor.
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