Abraham Wald
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Abraham Wald was a Hungarian-American mathematician and statistician best known for founding modern statistical decision theory and for his influential work on sequential analysis and survivorship bias during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian-American
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| analyzed | survivorship bias in military aircraft damage data ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | airplane crash ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Neyman–Pearson theory of hypothesis testing
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Econometrics ⓘ
surface form:
foundations of econometrics
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| countryOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
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| countryOfDeath | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-10-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1950-12-13 ⓘ |
| developedConcept |
admissibility in decision theory
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complete class theorem in decision theory ⓘ sequential probability ratio test ⓘ statistical decision function ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Karl Menger ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Cowles Foundation ⓘ
surface form:
Cowles Commission for Research in Economics
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| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Wald ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
decision theory
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econometrics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ sequential analysis ⓘ statistical inference ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham ⓘ |
| memberOf | Columbia University faculty ⓘ |
| name | Abraham Wald self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to econometric theory
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development of sequential analysis ⓘ founding modern statistical decision theory ⓘ work on survivorship bias in World War II aircraft damage analysis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Foundations of a General Theory of Sequential Decision Functions
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Sequential Analysis ⓘ Statistical Decision Functions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cluj-Napoca
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surface form:
Cluj
Kolozsvár ⓘ Transylvania ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Bangalore ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucia Wald ⓘ |
| workedFor | Statistical Research Group at Columbia University ⓘ |
| workedOn |
analysis of bullet hole distributions on returning aircraft in WWII
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operational research problems during World War II ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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