Olkin, Ingram

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Name (Latin)
Olkin, Ingram
Other forms of name
Olkin, I. (Ingram)
Date of birth
1924-07-23
Date of death
2016-04-28
Field of activity
Education
Mathematical statistics
Statistics
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 8185779
Wikidata: Q6033052
Library of congress: n 81120902
HAI10: 000214726
Sources of Information
  • Stanford University news service, viewed May 5, 2016(Ingram Olkin, professor emeritus of statistics and education at Stanford University, died at home in Palo Alto, California, on April 28, 2016; born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on July 23, 1924; degree in mathematics from City College of New York; master's degree in mathematical statistics from Columbia University; Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, conferred in 1951)
  • Contributions to probability and statistics, 1960.
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 7/23/24)
  • Generation of random orthogonal matrices, August 1985:PDF title page (I. Olkin)
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Wikipedia description:

Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is known for developing statistical analysis for evaluating policies, particularly in education, and for his contributions to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.

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