Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

will rogers phenomenon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: will roger-s phe-nomenon
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The situation where moving an observation from one group to another increases the average of both groups.

Etymology

Named after the comedian Will Rogers, who joked (in the context of migration during the Great Depression) that "when the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states".

Inflected Forms

the Will Rogers phenomenon (canonical)

Questions

What does will rogers phenomenon mean?: The situation where moving an observation from one group to another increases the average of both groups.
Where does will rogers phenomenon come from?: Named after the comedian Will Rogers, who joked (in the context of migration during the Great Depression) that "when the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states".

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