Although highly motivated by Sir Francis Galton to study measurement and to acquire a variety of measurements from many people, the data were not correlated with any meaningful measure and as a result the research career of _____ was destroyed.

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James McKeen Cattell's research career was significantly impacted by his focus on anthropometric measurements, inspired by Sir Francis Galton. Despite his enthusiasm and effort in collecting a vast amount of data, he was unable to correlate these measurements with any meaningful psychological or intellectual traits, leading to a decline in his research career's prominence.

Although Highly Motivated by Sir Francis Galton to Study Measurement