Leo Goodman
Leo A. Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1928 |
| Died | December 22, 2020 (aged 92) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, Princeton University |
| Known for | Social statistics, Goodman and Kruskal's lambda, Goodman and Kruskal's gamma |
| Awards | R. A. Fisher Lectureship (1968) Wilks Memorial Award (1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | John Tukey, Samuel S. Wilks |
Leo A. Goodman (August 7, 1928 – December 22, 2020) was a statistician known particularly for developing statistical methods for the social sciences, including statistical methods for analyzing categorical data and data from statistical surveys.
Education
Goodman earned his AB degree summa cum laude from Syracuse University in 1948, majoring in mathematics and sociology.[1] He moved to Princeton for postgraduate work in mathematical statistics, receiving his masters and doctorate in 1950.[1]
Work
Goodman began his career in 1950 at the University of Chicago, where he would stay, save for a number of visiting professorships, until 1987.[1] Since 1987, he has been Class of 1938 Professor in the Sociology Department and the Statistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Awards and distinctions
In 1956 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Becker, M. P. (2009). "A Conversation with Leo Goodman". Statistical Science. 24 (3): 361–385. arXiv:1010.0310. doi:10.1214/08-sts276. S2CID 88512370.
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
External links
- American statisticians
- Syracuse University alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- University of Chicago faculty
- University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Highly Cited Researchers
- Mathematicians from New York (state)
- 1928 births
- 2020 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California