Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh)
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
1 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 1 Jan 1938
Thomson asks Ledermann to explain an article of C Spearman's. The unnamed article is referred to in Spearman's The Abilities of Man, and regards the reversibility of proof of Spearman's tetrad criterion.
2 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 10 Jan 1938
Thomson refers to a letter he was planning on sending to Nature, which was originally enclosed but has not survived in the collection. He asks Ledermann to check the letter, and post it if it is correct.
4 (39), Thomson to Ledermann, 1 Aug 1939
5 (39), Thomson to Ledermann, 10 Aug 1939
6 (39), Ledermann to Thomson, 14 Aug 1939
Thomson asks Ledermann to do nothing for the time being with the calculations referred to in his previous correspondence, since he thinks there are potential discrepancies to be checked beforehand.
7 (39), Ledermann to Thomson, 24 Aug 1939
Thomson tells Ledermann he is glad Dr Comrie [?] is interested in the work referred to in his previous letters regarding children born in Scotland on the 1st of Feb, May, Aug, and Nov of 1926, but mentions again that errors in the original calculations mean the further calculations to be undertaken will have to be postponed.
11 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 27 Feb 1938-28 Feb 1938
12 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 1 Mar 1938
Thomson refers to his previous letters regarding correlation co-efficients in a doubly centred matrix. He tells Ledermann he was wrong in some respects, and asks him further questions in relation to the work of Burt.