Historiometry

Historiometry measures the number of references to great people and discoveries in relatively neutral texts in an attempt to quantify human progress.

Related Topics:
Reference - Progress

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Sir Francis Galton popularized Historiometry in his 1869 work, Hereditary Genius.

Related Topics:
Sir Francis Galton - 1869

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Historiometry is currently defined by Keith Simonton as: a quantitative method of statistical analysis for retrospective data. In Simonton's work the raw data comes from psychometric assessment of world-famous personalities, most of whom are deceased, in an attempt to assess creativity, genius and talent development.

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