David Firth (statistician)

David Firth (born c. 1958) is a British statistician specialising in social-science and biostatistical applications. He is president elect of the Royal Statistical Society and was awarded their Guy Medal in Silver in 2012.

Firth obtained his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1987 under the supervision of David Roxbee Cox.^[1]

Firth developed quasi-variance estimation, a statistical approach to overcome the reference category problem when estimating the effects of a categorical explanatory variable within a statistical model.^[2] He also led the statistical team which worked with John Curtice to develop the successful exit polling methodology for UK general elections.^[3]

References[]

^ David Firth at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Firth, David (1 August 2003). "Overcoming the Reference Category Problem in the Presentation of Statistical Models". Sociological Methodology. 33 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1111/j.0081-1750.2003.t01-1-00125.x.
^ John Curtice; David Firth (2008). "Exit polling in a cold climate : the BBC-ITV experience in Britain in 2005". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A. 171 (3): 509–539. doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00536.x.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] David Firth at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[2] Firth, David (1 August 2003). "Overcoming the Reference Category Problem in the Presentation of Statistical Models". Sociological Methodology. 33 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1111/j.0081-1750.2003.t01-1-00125.x.

[3] John Curtice; David Firth (2008). "Exit polling in a cold climate : the BBC-ITV experience in Britain in 2005". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A. 171 (3): 509–539. doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00536.x.

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