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Jerzy Neyman

1894 - 1981

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Jerzy Spława-Neyman (April 16, 1894 – August 5, 1981; Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈspwava ˈnɛjman]) was a Polish mathematician and statistician who first 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. Spława-Neyman spent the first part of his professional career at various institutions in Warsaw, Poland, and then at University College London; and the second part, at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerzy Neyman is the 6th most popular statistician (down from 5th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Moldova (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Moldovan Statistician.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Jerzy Neyman ranks 6 out of 8. Before him are Francis Galton, Thomas Bayes, C. R. Rao, Ronald Fisher, and Karl Pearson. After him are Gertrude Mary Cox, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Jerzy Neyman ranks 95. Before him are Julian Tuwim, Fritz Freitag, Friedrich Hossbach, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, René Fonck, and Max Weinreich. After him are Pavel Rybalko, Ottavio Bottecchia, Alexander Lippisch, Ivan Isakov, Georges Guynemer, and Évariste Lévi-Provençal. Among people deceased in 1981, Jerzy Neyman ranks 81. Before him are Albert Cohen, Ferruccio Parri, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Jean Eustache, and Savitri. After him are Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Yakov Pavlov, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Norman Taurog.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Jerzy Neyman ranks 20 out of 107. Before him are Mikhail Larionov (1881), Petru Lucinschi (1940), Iona Yakir (1896), Maria Cebotari (1910), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), and Alexey Shchusev (1873). After him are Lev Berg (1876), Meir Dizengoff (1861), Eugenio Coșeriu (1921), Vladimir Albitsky (1891), Lia Manoliu (1932), and Nikolay Zelinsky (1861).

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Among STATISTICIANS In Moldova

Among statisticians born in Moldova, Jerzy Neyman ranks 1. 

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