Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/History of Statistics Edit-a-thon

History of Statistics Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

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December 8, 2023

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Edward L. Kaplan
The Ghost Map
Paul Meier (statistician)
Medical statistics
Clinical epidemiology
Infectious disease statistical models
George C. Shattuck [1] [2]
Edward Dana Durand (AKA E. Dana Durand) [3] [4] (Pre-1925 (fair use) photo available here. Download it to your device, upload to Commons, add to article)
Carroll W. Doten [5]
William S. Rossiter
Robert E. Chaddock [6]
Edmund E. Day
Stuart Arthur Rice [7]
F. Leslie Hayford
Ralph J. Watkins [8]
William R. Leonard
Walter E. Hoadley [9]
Raymond T. Bowman [10]
T. A. Bancroft [11]
Franklin A. Graybill
Ralph A. Bradley [12] [13]
I. Richard Savage [14] [15]
J. Stuart Hunter [16] [17]
Mitchell H. Gail [18] [19]
Jon R. Kettenring [20]
Jonas H. Ellenberg [21] [22] [23]
W. Michael O'Fallon
Richard L. Scheaffer
Miron L. Straf
Robert L. Mason (statistician) [24]
Fritz J. Scheuren
Peter A. Lachenbruch [25]
Sastry G. Pantula [26] [27] [28]
Robert N. Rodriguez [29] [30]
Nathaniel Schenker [31] [32]
David R. Morganstein
Joseph W. Duncan UN Source, page 37
James F. Holmes, former acting Census Bureau director, [33]
Washington Statistical Society based on historical info on the WSS
Analysis of variance table -- a new article could explain how to interpret one. Analysis of variance and Mixed-design analysis of variance refer to such tables, without a full clear explanation. Bring sources for this.
International Statistical Congress based on Randeraad, Nico (January 2011). "The International Statistical Congress (1853—1876): Knowledge Transfers and their Limits". European History Quarterly. 41 (1): 50–65. doi:10.1177/0265691410385759.
Improve any biography from this List of statisticians
Improve any biography from this List of women in statistics
Vincent Barabba [34] [35] [36] (The last source is House testimony. (Add external link section to articles and then testimony to the external link section)
Clifford Hildreth
Isador Lubin [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] [47]
Edward Fulton Denison -- ASA Fellow, significant economist -- draw from sources on talk page, and any ASA sources
John Whitefield Kendrick -- ASA Fellow, significant economist -- draw from sources on talk page, and any ASA sources
Morris H. Hansen article could refer to Hansen Lecture and include his picture and Census-history details from [48][49]
S. N. D. North - [50](Upload photo from Census source to Commons and add to article)
William Rush Merriam [51] - Add references, follow guidance in template (reorder text).
Carroll D. Wright - [52] - Follow guidance in template (improve/add inline citations)

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