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McKAY1 has recently described certain advantages of the Paramount Sorting System in handling statistical data. Adopting McKay's method in a recent investigation, I observed other advantages which may interest workers who are less concerned with statistical methods. The system involves the use of specially perforated cards (Fig. 1), one card being used for each specimen. The range of variation encountered in any feature is divided into a convenient number of classes, and a special hole is allotted to each class. To record the data for a particular specimen the appropriate hole is notched (hand tools can be obtained for this purpose). The edges visible in Fig. 1 show the recording of three interrelated features.
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CLARKE, S. A Use for the Paramount Sorting System. Nature 137, 535 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137535a0
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