Earnest Albert had gathered vast amounts of data, measuring and assessing thousands of heads, mostly those of convicted criminals. He found no connection. What he did find is a lot of statistical noise that he convinced himself must mean something, though exactly what is unclear. For example, we learn that “Old American” criminals (meaning those of European extraction who are not recent migrants) who come from Kentucky are more likely to have thick head and body hair, whereas those from North Carolina are more sparsely covered..