Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein | |
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Born | 30 October 1939 |
Died | 9 April 2020 | (aged 80)
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Manchester University University College London |
Known for | Multilevel models |
Awards | Guy Medal (Silver, 1998) Fellow of the British Academy (1996) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistician |
Institutions | Institute of Education University of Bristol |
Harvey Goldstein (30 October 1939 – 9 April 2020) was a British statistician known for his contributions to multilevel modelling methodology and software, and for applying this to educational assessment and league tables.
Goldstein was born in Whitechapel, London to a Jewish family.[1] He was professor of social statistics in the Centre for Multilevel Modelling at the University of Bristol. From 1977 to 2005, he was professor of statistical methods at the Institute of Education of the University of London. He was author of a monograph on multilevel statistical models.
He came from a left-wing family, and as a teenager he briefly joined the Young Communist League.[2] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1996 and awarded the Guy Medal in silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 1998.
He died on 9 April 2020.[3] It was reported that his death was due to COVID-19.[4]
See also[]
- MLwiN (software)
References[]
- ^ "Harvey Goldstein – an obituary". Jewish Voice for Labour. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ Gray, John; Diamond, Ian; Steele, Fiona (October 2020). "Harvey Goldstein Memoirs" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. 19: 370.
- ^ "Obituary: Professor Harvey Goldstein". University of Bristol. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Tributes to Professor Harvey Goldstein". TES. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
External links[]
- "Harvey Goldstein's home page". Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- Prof Harvey Goldstein, FBA at Debrett's People of Today
- "Brief CV for Harvey Goldstein". Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- Goldstein, Harvey (2003). Multilevel Statistical Models. Kendall's Library of Statistics (3rd ed.). London: Arnold. ISBN 0-340-80655-9. Full text of 2nd edition (1995) at author's website
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