Samuel Wilks

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human mathematician statistician

Samuel Wilks was an influential American statistician known for his foundational contributions to mathematical statistics and its applications during the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
statistician ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Medal (eponym) NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship American ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-06-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-03-07 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Henry Lewis Rietz NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Wilks NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork applied statistics ⓘ
mathematical statistics ⓘ
multivariate statistics ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
givenName Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEponym Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilks' lambda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilks' theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced development of modern statistical theory ⓘ
influencedBy Egon Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerzy Neyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
R. A. Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Wilks' lambda distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ
development of multivariate statistical methods ⓘ
foundational contributions to mathematical statistics ⓘ
likelihood ratio tests ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Statistical Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
Institute of Mathematical Statistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStudent John W. Tukey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Karlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Mathematical Statistics (1943 textbook) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilks' lambda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilks' theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
statistician ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Little Elm, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Annals of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ
president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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