Leo Goodman
Leo Aria Goodman (August 7, 1928 – December 22, 2020) was an American statistician. He was known particularly for developing statistical methods for the social sciences, including statistical methods for analyzing categorical data and data from statistical surveys.
Leo A. Goodman | |
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| Born | August 7, 1928 |
| Died | December 22, 2020 (aged 92) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, Princeton University |
| Known for | Social statistics, Goodman and Kruskal's lambda, Goodman and Kruskal's gamma |
| Awards | R. A. Fisher Lectureship (1968) Wilks Memorial Award (1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | John Tukey, Samuel S. Wilks |
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