SOME RECENT MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE 



TABLE II (continued) 



Pair of characters dralt with Correlation 



Keenness of vision and time spent out of doors ... ... ... ... -oo 



Mycipi. i and time spent out of doors ... ... ... ... ... -oo 



-ht of child and alcoholism of parent ... ... ... ... ... +-06 



Stature of child , , .. . +-06 



Hc.iltli (.1 child , ,. --05 



Intelligence of ch Id and alcoholism of father ... ... ... ... --06 



,, , , mother ... ... ... ... --04 



Myopia ,, , ,, ,, , parent ... ... ... ... --12 



Eye disease , father ... ... ... ... --08 



,, ,, , , mother ... ... ... ... +-06 



Weight of child and " unhealthy " trade of father ... ... ... +-04 



Stature of ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ... ... ... +-07 



Weight of son and employment of mother ... ... ... ... +-n 



Weight of daughter and employment of mother ... ... ... ... + -07 



Stature of son and employment of mother ... ... ... ... +'14 



Stature of daughter and employment of mother ... ... ... ... +-n 



Intelligence of son and employment of mother ... ... ... ... --16 



Intelligence of daughter and employment of mother ... ... ... + -12 



Health of child and employment of mother ... ... ... ... + -08 



Weight of child and wages of father ... ... ... ... ... +-io 



Stature of ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, .... ... ... ... ... +-09 



Weight of child and number of rooms occupied ... ... ... ... +-ii 



Statureof ,, ,, ... ... +-n 



Mean Nurture Value +'03 



A negative sign in the above table indicates that an unfavourable parental or 

 environmental condition appears on the basis of the data available to show improved 

 welfare in the child. 



Comparative Values of Nature and Nurture Correlation Coefficients. 



4CH 



-1-0 -9 -8 --7 --6 --5 -4 -3 -1 - 1 o -M *'2 +-3 +-4 +'5 +-6 +-7 +-8 *'9 +1-0 



Scale of Correlation 

 Values available when diagram was drawn and tabled without selection 



to sub-ranges of -05. 



