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Jerzy Neyman
1894 – 1981
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJerzy Spława-Neyman was a Polish mathematician and statistician. He made major contributions to the development of modern statistical theory. Neyman introduced the modern concept of a confidence interval into statistical hypothesis testing and, with Egon Pearson, revised Ronald Fisher's null hypothesis testing. Neyman allocation, an optimal strategy for choosing sample sizes in stratified sampling, is named for him.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 16, 1894
Bendery
Date of death
August 5, 1981
Oakland
Citizenship
Poland · United States
Occupations & fields
mathematicianphilosopherstatisticianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Guggenheim FellowshipWilks Memorial AwardNational Medal of ScienceFellow of the Econometric SocietyFellow of the American Statistical AssociationGuy Medal in Gold
Notable works
Neyman–Pearson lemmaNeyman–Pearson lemma
- Field and occupation
- polský matematik a statistik
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