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George Waddel Snedecor

b. 20 October 1881 d. 15 February 1974

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George Snedecor is widely known for his text Statistical Methods, first published in 1937, now in its eighth edition. He was the founder of the Iowa State University Statistical Laboratory in 1933, the first unit of its kind in the United States.

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Bibliography

  • Bancroft, T.A. (ed.) (1972). Statistical Papers in Honor of George W. Snedecor. The Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.

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  1. Alicia L. Carriquiry
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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    C. C. Heyde

  2. Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    C. C. Heyde

  3. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    E. Seneta

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Carriquiry, A.L., David, H.A. (2001). George Waddel Snedecor. In: Heyde, C.C., Seneta, E., Crépel, P., Fienberg, S.E., Gani, J. (eds) Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_75

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