STATISTICIAN

Gertrude Mary Cox

1900 - 1978

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Gertrude Mary Cox (January 13, 1900 – October 17, 1978) was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the Statistics Research Division of North Carolina State University. Her most important and influential research dealt with experimental design; In 1950 she published the book Experimental Designs, on the subject with W. G. Cochran, which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards. In 1949 Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute and in 1956 was President of the American Statistical Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Mary Cox is the 7th most popular statistician (up from 8th in 2019), the 9,931st most popular biography from United States (up from 12,406th in 2019) and the most popular American Statistician.

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Among statisticians, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 7 out of 8. Before her are Francis Galton, Thomas Bayes, C. R. Rao, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson, and Jerzy Neyman. After her are Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 297. Before her are René Lorain, Alice Calhoun, André Chamson, Valerian Gracias, Arnold Bode, and Delfo Bellini. After her are Pedro Ochoa, Beatrix Loughran, John McEwen, Jorge Sarmiento, Giovanni De Prà, and Leon Kruczkowski. Among people deceased in 1978, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 238. Before her are Prvoslav Mihajlović, Vera Maretskaya, Valerian Gracias, Edgar Bergen, Alfred Braun, and Dragoslav Mihajlović. After her are Roberto Larraz, Ljubiša Stevanović, George Newberry, Vivian McGrath, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

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Among people born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 9,933 out of 20,380. Before her are Brian Donlevy (1901), Daniel Johnston (1961), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), David Brenner (1962), Frank Benford (1883), and George Stibitz (1904). After her are Brian Benben (1956), Paige Turco (1965), David Vincent (1965), Scott Ian (1963), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), and John Paul Stevens (1920).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United States

Among statisticians born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 1. After her are Joseph Kruskal (1928).

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