INVEX, 417
267-268 ; refs, fluctuations of ! Normal curve of errors; deduction
sampling in, 273, 392. from binomial series, 301-302;
Mercer, W. B., refs., errors of agri- value of central ordinate, 304;
cultural experiment, 396. table of ordinates, 303; mean
Methods, statistical, purport of, 3-5 ; deviation and modulus, 304 ; comdef.,
 5. parison with binomial series for
Mice, numbers in litters, harmonic moderate value of =n, 304-305;
mean, 128-129; proportions of outline of more general methods of
albinos in litters, fluctuations deduction, 305-307 ; fitting to a
compared with theory of sam- given distribution, 307-308 ; the
pling, 264-265. table of areas, 310, and its use,
Milk testing, errors in, refs., 396. 309-310 ; quartile deviation and
Milton, John, use of word statist,” probable error, 310-311 ; numerii
 cal examples of use of tables, 311-Miner,
 J. R., correlation, ref., 392. 313 ; normality in fluctuations of
Mitchell, H. H., refs., errors of feed- sampling of the mean, 346-347.
ing trials, 396. Refs., general, 314 ; dissection of
Mode, 108; generally, 120-123; compound curve, 315; tables,
def., 120; approximate deter- 358-359. For normal correlation,
mination, from mean and median, see Correlation, normal.
121-122; diagrams showing posi- Norton, J. P., data cited from, 162.
tion relatively to mean and Ref., Statistical Studies in the New
median, 113, 114; logarithmic York Money Market, 208.
or geometric mode, 128; weighting
 of, 225; refs., 130, 390. O’Brien, D. G., refs., errors in feed-Modulus
 as measure of dispersion, ing experiments, 396.
144; origin from normal curve, Order, of a class, 10; of generalised
304. correlations, regressions, devia-Mohl,
 Robert von, refs., Geschichte tions, and standard deviations,
und Literatur der Staatswissen- 233-234.
schaften, 5.
Moir, H., refs.,, frequency-curves Parcrave, Sir R. H. IL, Dictionary
(mortality), 394. of Political Economu, 6.
Moment, first, def., 110 ; second and Pareto, V., refs., Cours d’économie
general, def., 135; calculation of politique, 105.
moments, (ref.) 154. Partial association. See Association,
Moore, L. Bramley, data cited from, partial.
96, 161. Ref., inheritance of fer- — correlation. See Correlation,
tility and fecundity, 208, 226. partial.
Morant, G., refs, law of small Patton, A. C., refs., Economic Stachances,
 393. tistics, 398.
Mortality. See Death-rates. Pauperism, in England and Wales,
Movements, correlation of, in two table, 93 ; diagrams, 92, 113; calvariables,
 methods, 197-201 ; refs., culation of mean, 111 ; of median,
208, 392. 117, 118; means, medians, and
modes for other years, 122 ; stan-NEGATIVE
 classes and attributes, 10. dard-deviation, 138-140; mean
Newsholme, A., refs., birth-rates, deviation, ‘145-146; quartiles,
correction for age-distribution, 148 ; percentiles, 151-152.
etc., 226; Vital Statistics, 359, — correlation with out-relief, 182-398.
 185; with earnings and out-relief,
Niceforo, A., refs., La Méthode Sta- 177-181, (qu. 2) 189, 239-241,
tistique, 398. 245-247 ; with out-relief, propor-Nixon,
 J. W., refs., experimental tion of aged, etc., 192-195, 241-test
 of normal law, 314. 245.

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