Paul Meier (statistician)

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Alma mater Oberlin College Doctoral advisor John Tukey Fields Statistician		Role Statistician Name Paul Meier

Born July 24, 1924Newark, New Jersey, USA ( 1924-07-24 ) Institutions PrincetonJohns HopkinsUniv. ChicagoColumbia 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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