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Vox Populi
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  • Published: 07 March 1907

Vox Populi

  • FRANCIS GALTON 

Nature volume 75, pages 450–451 (1907)Cite this article

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IN these democratic days, any investigation into the the trustworthiness and peculiarities of popular judgments is of interest. The material about to be discussed refers to a small matter, but is much to the point.

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GALTON, F. Vox Populi . Nature 75, 450–451 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/075450a0

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