James Cattell was the first psychologist to offer a statistics course in the United States. What was the likely source of his focus on statistics?
a. He worked on many reaction time studies in the laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt.
b. He was funded by Daniel Coit Gilman to do so.
c. He met and worked with Francis Galton while teaching at Cambridge University.
d. He worked and traveled extensively with John Dewey.
C
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