Leo Goodman
Leo A. Goodman | |
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Born | August 6, 1928 |
Died | December 22, 2020 | (aged 92)
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 |
Leo Aria Goodman (August 7, 1928 – December 22, 2020) was a statistician known particularly for developing statistical methods for the social sciences, including statistical methods for analyzing categorical data and data from statistical surveys.
Education[]
Goodman attended Stuyvesant High School[1] and he then went on to earn his AB degree summa cum laude from Syracuse University in 1948, majoring in mathematics and sociology.[2] He was class valedictorian. He moved to Princeton for postgraduate work in mathematical statistics, receiving his masters and doctorate in 1950.[2]
Work[]
Goodman began his career in 1950 at the University of Chicago, where he would stay, save for a number of visiting professorships, until 1987.[2] Since 1987, he has been Class of 1938 Professor in the Sociology Department and the Statistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]
Awards and distinctions[]
In 1956 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[3]
Personal life and death[]
He was married to Ann Davidow; the marriage ended in divorce. He and his ex-wife had two children and were godparents to Sylvia Plath's first child, Frieda Hughes.[4]
Goodman died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.[5]
References[]
- ^ Risen, Clay (2021-02-17). "Leo Goodman, Who Transformed Sociology With Stats, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ a b c d Becker, M. P. (2009). "A Conversation with Leo Goodman". Statistical Science. 24 (3): 361–385. arXiv:1010.0310. doi:10.1214/08-sts276. S2CID 88512370.
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
- ^ Anwar, Yasmin; January 15, Media Relations|; 2021January 18; 2021 (2021-01-15). "Leo Goodman, trailblazer in statistics and social sciences, dies at 92". Berkeley News. Retrieved 2021-02-18.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ ‘A giant in his field’: UC Berkeley professor emeritus Leo Goodman dies at 92
External links[]
- American statisticians
- Syracuse University alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- University of Chicago faculty
- University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Highly Cited Researchers
- Mathematicians from New York (state)
- 1928 births
- 2020 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California