Alma mater Oberlin College Doctoral advisor John Tukey Fields Statistician | Role Statistician Name Paul Meier | |
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Born July 24, 1924
Newark, New Jersey, USA ( 1924-07-24 ) Institutions Princeton
Johns Hopkins
Univ. Chicago
Columbia Known for Statistics, experimental design Died August 7, 2011, New York City, New York, United States Residence New York City, New York, United States Education Princeton University (1952), Oberlin College Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada, R. A. Fisher Lectureship, Wilks Memorial Award | ||
Paul Meier (July 24, 1924 – August 7, 2011) was a statistician who promoted the use of randomized trials in medicine. He is also known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan–Meier estimator, a tool for measuring how many patients survive a medical treatment.
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