Through his own voice, renowned statistician and educator Frederick Mostellerdescribes the many projects and events that constituted his more than 60-yearcareer. From his humble beginnings in Western Pennsylvania, to becoming the founding chairman of Harvard University’s Department of Statistics, Frederick Mosteller inspired many statisticians, scientists, and students with his unabashed pragmatism, creative thinking, and insatiable spirit for both learning andteaching. Now more than twenty years after its initial inception, Frederick Mosteller’s story as he meant for it to be told is available to a new generation of statisticians and researchers. This volume is a companion to Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller, edited by Stephen E. Fienberg and David C. Hoaglin(Springer, 2006) and the earlier volume, A Statistical Model: Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy, edited by Stephen E. Fienberg, David C. Hoaglin, William H. Kruskal, and Judith M. Tanur (Springer-Verlag, 1990). Over 90 high-quality career and family photos (includingscreen shots from the author’s appearances on NBC’s Continental Classroom) give readers an exclusive look into the life and career of this distinguished statistician Commentaries and contributions from some of Frederick Mosteller’s most esteemed former students and colleagues provide the reader with a unique perspective More than 20 straightforward tables, charts, and lists aid in the reader’s comprehension of the text by exhibiting specific examples of FrederickMosteller’s research INDICE: Why did Dewey beat Truman in the pre-election polls of 1948?- Sexual behavior in the United States: The Kinsey Report.- Learning theory: Founding mathematical psychology.- Who wrote the disputed Federalist papers, Hamiltonor Madison?- The safety of anesthetics: The National Halothane Study.- Equality of educational opportunity: The Coleman Report.- Childhood.- Secondary school.- Carnegie Institute of Technology.- Graduate schools: Carnegie and Princeton.- Magic.- Beginning Research.- Completing the doctorate.- Coming to HarvardUniversity.- Organizing statistics.- Evaluation.- Teaching.- Group Writing.- The Cape.- Biostatistics.- Health policy and management.- Health science policy.- Editors' epilogue.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-77955-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 327
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés