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Physicist, psychologist and philosopher, Fechner is noted for the introduction of quantitative methods into psychology. He also developed a “theory of collectives” which is built on the frequency interpretation of probability.
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Heidelberger, M. (2001). Gustav Theodor Fechner. In: Heyde, C.C., Seneta, E., Crépel, P., Fienberg, S.E., Gani, J. (eds) Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_29
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