In a meritocracy the Lords would increasingly come to represent a random sample of the population over the generations, as regression to the mean moves all to the average.

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They say that the reduction could be due to what statisticians call "regression to the mean".

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And should the Department for Transport's claim that speed cameras have been shown to cut accidents by around 35% have taken regression to the mean into account?

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There is very little regression to the mean.

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