STATISTICIAN

Gertrude Mary Cox

1900 - 1978

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Gertrude Mary Cox (January 13, 1900 – October 17, 1978) was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the Statistics Research Division of North Carolina State University. Her most important and influential research dealt with experimental design; In 1950 she published the book Experimental Designs, on the subject with W. G. Cochran, which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Mary Cox has received more than 81,962 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gertrude Mary Cox is the 8th most popular statistician, the 12,398th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,277th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Statistician.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 8 out of 8. Before her are Thomas Bayes, Karl Pearson, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 331. Before her are Preston Foster, Mary MacLaren, Ian Hunter, Valerian Gracias, Natalie Schafer, and Ruth Clifford. After her are Ethelwynn Trewavas, Albert Hackett, Padmaja Naidu, Alastair Sim, Frederica Sagor Maas, and Rattanbai Jinnah. Among people deceased in 1978, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 263. Before her are Tom Wilson, Kamil Tolon, Valerian Gracias, George Newberry, Károly Levitzky, and Ray Noble. After her are Selwyn Lloyd, William Grant Still, Tim McCoy, Ruth Etting, Ilka Chase, and Theresa Weld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 12,398 out of 20,380. Before her are Tim Guinee (1962), Frank Brian (1923), Janet Napolitano (1957), Jean Porter (1922), Bud Shank (1926), and Colson Whitehead (1969). After her are Uri Caine (1956), Ransom Riggs (1979), Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), Kiera Cass (1981), and John Hickenlooper (1952).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United States

Among statisticians born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 2. Before her are Joseph Kruskal (1928).

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