Ingram Olkin
Ingram Olkin | |
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.jpg) Ingram Olkin in 1986 | |
| Born | July 23, 1924 |
| Died | April 28, 2016 (aged 91) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Columbia University City College of New York |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | S. N. Roy |
| Doctoral students | Leon Gleser Larry V. Hedges |
Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was an American professor. He was the professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He was known for creating statistical analysis for evaluating policies, such as in education, and for his works to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.
Olkin died from complications of colorectal cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 2016, aged 91.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Ingram Olkin, influential Stanford professor of statistics and education, dies at 91". Stanford.edu. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Ingram from Stanford University Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Ingram Olkin
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