Attribution 552687 222671459 2008-06-30T15:17:11Z RHaworth 161142 copyedit In art, '''attribution''' is the judgement by experts as to the author, date, or other aspect of the origin of a work of art. Works "attributed" to an artist are more firmly believed to be theirs than those "ascribed". '''Attribution''' can also mean: *[[Attribution (copyright)]], a concept in copyright law requiring an author to be credited *[[Journalism sourcing]] (or attribution), a journalistic practice of attributing information to its source *[[Attribution (psychology)]], a concept in psychology whereby people attribute traits and causes to things they observe *[[Performance attribution]], a technique in quantitative finance for explaining the active performance of a portfolio {{disambig}}