Ash cofounded DxCG, Inc., a company that conducts research targeting the needs of public and private health insurers and urchasers and promotes “fair and efficient health care” via predictive software.
Statisticians in History
Joseph Barlow Felt
Felt became the recording secretary of the American Statistical Association in 1839 and served in that capacity for more than 19 years.
W. Edwards Deming
William Edwards Deming has been honored throughout the world as a “quality-management guru,” he insisted upon being known as a “Consultant in Statistical Studies.”
Annie Mae Turner Taylor Randall
Annie Mae Randall began her government career at the United States War Production Board during WWII and was known as one of the “Government Girls.” She was responsible for the calculations behind the book, Human Aging, published in the late 1960s, and still referenced and used today for behavioral and biological studies.
William Cogswell
Out of the American Education Society and Cogswell’s leadership arose the American Statistical Society in 1839. The society later became the American Statistical Association, and Cogswell served as a counselor until 1843.
Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron, professor of statistics and biomedical data science at Stanford University, developed “bootstrap,” a method for assessing the uncertainty of scientific results that has had extraordinary impact across many scientific fields.
Karl Pearson
There is a large and scattered literature on the work and life of Karl Pearson (1857-1936), applied mathematician, philosopher of science, biometrician, statistician, eugenist and contributor to “the woman’s question.”
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys was a British geophysicist who made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics. His book, Theory of Probability, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.
Francis Amasa Walker
A Pioneer with Everlasting Energy “General Walker considered each and every one of them [his public offices] a trust to be administered with integrity and with courage. He received degrees from more institutions of learning than any living American.” – Carroll D. Wright, 1897 Francis Amasa Walker was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 2, […]
Harold Hotelling
Hotelling was considered a pioneer in the field of mathematical statistics and economics in the 20th century, with contributions to the theory of demand and utility,