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Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:

24 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 1 Jun 1938

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/58
Scope and Contents

Thomson refers to a formula Ledermann has confirmed is correct, and informs Ledermann the manuscripts, most likely for The Factorial Analysis of Human Ability, are almost ready to be sent off, which will allow Thomson to return to original research. He asks Ledermann about the progress of his thesis.

Dates: 1 Jun 1938

25 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 4 Oct 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/23
Scope and Contents

Small postcard regarding Ledermann's comments on Thomson's use of the auxiliary matrix.

Dates: 4 Oct 1937

25 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 8 Jun 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1064/59
Scope and Contents

Thomson discusses the possibility of Ledermann applying for a temporary post at Swansea, and advises him to do so.

Dates: 8 Jun 1938

26 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 8 Oct 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/24
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Postcard acknowledging Ledermann's letter regarding Bartlett's estimates, which Thomson doubts have the minimum standard error. He discusses the error variances of the regression estimates, referring to a numerical example he has sent.

Dates: 8 Oct 1937

26 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 10 Jun 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1064/60
Scope and Contents

Thomson asks Ledermann to look at Thurstone’s Primary Mental Abilities in order to check the covariances of the estimated factors with Thomson's own, and refers him to Thurstone’s comments on Spearman's g.

Dates: 10 Jun 1938

27 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 16 Oct 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/25
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Thomson asks Ledermann for his opinion on Thomson first draft of his section of their multivariate paper. He asks for Ledermann's advice on a few areas in particular, listing them and any potential problems he thinks may arise.

Dates: 16 Oct 1937

27 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 12 Jun 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1064/61
Scope and Contents Thomson refers to Aitken, saying he will be interested to hear what he has to say about Ledermann's work on the connection between the formulae for selection of an infinite normal population and for the expected values in a sampling distribution. He asks Ledermann to check section 2 of chapter 14 in The Factorial Analysis of Human Ability regarding simple structure, and asks him to clear up some difficulties he is having with...
Dates: 12 Jun 1938

28 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 25 Oct 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/27
Scope and Contents

Thomson outlines his interpretation of Bartlett's work, referring to a letter he sent Bartlett the previous day, for Ledermann's consideration.

Dates: 25 Oct 1937

29 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 5 Nov 1937-7 Nov 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/28
Scope and Contents In his letter, dated 5 Nov 1937 and numbered 29 (37) Thomson discusses two papers on boundary conditions he and Ledermann contributed to Psychometrika in relation to orthogonal and oblique factors. He refers to the work of Holzinger and Harman in their article from the Journal of Educational Psychology, specifically in relation to their analysis of a...
Dates: 5 Nov 1937-7 Nov 1937

30 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 8 Nov 1937- 12 Nov 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/29
Scope and Contents Contains a letter from Thomson, dated 8 Nov 1937 and numbered 30 (37) in which he asks Ledermann to post an enclosed letter to Dr Horst if he thinks it correct; the enclosed letter to Dr Horst, dated 8 Nov 1937 and numbered 30a (37); and a further letter from Thomson to Ledermann, dated 12 Nov 1937 and numbered 30b (37) which asks him to obtain details of translations of Pliny’s letters held at Edinburgh University...
Dates: 8 Nov 1937- 12 Nov 1937

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Edinburgh -- Scotland 81
Glenapp Ayrshire Scotland 49
Education 29
Intelligence 11
Intelligence tests 11