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Anscombe's quartet

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Summary

Anscombe's quartet is a tetrad[1]. It draws 2,533 Wikipedia views per month (tetrad category, ranking #1,599 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anscombe's quartet is credited with the discovery of Frank Anscombe[3].
  • Anscombe's quartet's instance of is recorded as tetrad[4].
  • Frank Anscombe is named after Anscombe's quartet[5].
  • Anscombe's quartet is a type of data set[6].
  • Anscombe's quartet's Commons category is recorded as Anscombe's quartet[7].
  • Anscombe's quartet's facet of is recorded as descriptive statistics[8].
  • Anscombe's quartet's described by source is recorded as Graphs in Statistical Analysis[9].

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Definition and Type

Anscombe's quartet's instance of is recorded as tetrad[4]. It is a type of data set[6].

Origins

Frank Anscombe is named after Anscombe's quartet[5].

Why It Matters

Anscombe's quartet draws 2,533 Wikipedia views per month (tetrad category, ranking #1,599 of 15).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jleedev · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → descriptive statistics
    Instance of → tetrad
    Named after → Frank Anscombe
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: tetrad"
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