Adolphe Quetelet's 1835 work, "A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties," is a foundational text in statistics that applies statistical methods to human characteristics. It introduced the concept of the "average man" and significantly influenced the development of social statistics and anthropometry.
Sources for Adolphe Quetelet — A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties
Adolphe Quetelet — A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties in Statistics
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