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Activity Number:
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347
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Memorial
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Title:
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Dan Horvitz: His Life and Work as a Statistician
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Author(s):
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Judith Lessler*+
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Companies:
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Harland's Creek Farm
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Address:
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97 Plantation Drive, Pittsboro, NC, 27312,
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Keywords:
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Horvitz ; biography ; memoria
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Abstract:
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Dan Horvitz was a leader in the development of statistical theory for and the practice of survey research. While writing his dissertation, he developed what came to be known as the Horvitz-Thompson estimator, about which papers are still being written today. Horvitz received his PhD from Iowa State University in 1953 where he studied under Oscar Kempthorne. He taught at the University of Pittsburg, helped establish a statistics department in Rangoon Burma, and had positions of increasing responsibility at the Research Triangle Institute from 1962 to 1988. In addition he was active in ASA activities and instrumental in the development of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences. This session will review his work an accomplishments in these areas.
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