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On the Entangled Problems of Selection and Conceptual Organization 1
Author(s) -
CHANEY RICHARD P.,
MORTON KEITH,
MOORE TURRALL
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1972.74.1-2.02a01730
Subject(s) - galton's problem , selection (genetic algorithm) , interval (graph theory) , epistemology , sociology , genealogy , computer science , evolutionary biology , history , mathematics , biology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , combinatorics , machine learning
Naroll's Interval Sift method and D'Andrade's Matched Pair method are re‐examined. It is suggested that these present solutions to the Tylor‐Galton problem are better viewed as discussions. The intertwined problems of selection of data, data patterning, and conceptual organization are discussed.