Egon Pearson
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Egon Pearson was a British statistician best known for co-developing the Neyman–Pearson lemma, a fundamental result in hypothesis testing.
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| Egon Pearson canonical | 5 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egon Pearson Context triple: [Karl Pearson, child, Egon Pearson]
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Ronald A. Fisher
Ronald A. Fisher was a pioneering British statistician and geneticist whose work helped found modern statistical science and unify Mendelian genetics with Darwinian evolution.
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Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson was a pioneering British statistician and eugenicist who helped found the modern field of mathematical statistics and developed key concepts such as the Pearson correlation coefficient and chi-squared test.
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C.
Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood epics and for his frequent collaborations with director Cecil B. DeMille.
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D.
Fred Mosteller
Fred Mosteller was an influential American statistician and educator known for his pioneering work in mathematical statistics, statistics education, and applications of statistics to public policy and medicine.
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E.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egon Pearson Target entity description: Egon Pearson was a British statistician best known for co-developing the Neyman–Pearson lemma, a fundamental result in hypothesis testing.
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A.
Ronald A. Fisher
Ronald A. Fisher was a pioneering British statistician and geneticist whose work helped found modern statistical science and unify Mendelian genetics with Darwinian evolution.
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B.
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson was a pioneering British statistician and eugenicist who helped found the modern field of mathematical statistics and developed key concepts such as the Pearson correlation coefficient and chi-squared test.
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C.
Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood epics and for his frequent collaborations with director Cecil B. DeMille.
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D.
Fred Mosteller
Fred Mosteller was an influential American statistician and educator known for his pioneering work in mathematical statistics, statistics education, and applications of statistics to public policy and medicine.
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E.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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statistician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
NERFINISHED
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Guy Medal in Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1895-08-11 ⓘ |
| childOf | Karl Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf | Neyman–Pearson lemma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Jerzy Neyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1980-06-12 ⓘ |
| editorOf | Biometrika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century statistics ⓘ |
| familyName | Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical statistics
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statistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Egon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Karl Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | CBE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | modern statistical hypothesis testing ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ronald A. Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Neyman–Pearson lemma
NERFINISHED
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hypothesis testing ⓘ theory of statistical hypothesis tests ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
International Statistical Institute
NERFINISHED
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Royal Statistical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Egon Sharpe Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableStudent | David R. Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Neyman–Pearson theory of testing statistical hypotheses
NERFINISHED
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On the problem of the most efficient tests of statistical hypotheses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
statistician
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university professor ⓘ |
| parent | Karl Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
editor of Biometrika
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head of the Department of Applied Statistics at University College London ⓘ professor of statistics ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | Neyman–Pearson framework for hypothesis testing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInstitution | University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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