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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 77,190 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Mary Cox is the 9th most popular statistician, the 11,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,818th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Statistician.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 9 out of 9Before her are Karl Pearson, Thomas Bayes, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 294Before her are Delfo Bellini, Sverre Sørsdal, Ruth Clifford, Alice Terry, Frederica Sagor Maas, and Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt. After her are Edna Best, Natalie Schafer, Albert Hackett, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Beatrix Loughran, and Horatio Fitch. Among people deceased in 1978, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 239Before her are Paul Scott, Tom Wilson, Ray Noble, Tim McCoy, Lee Garmes, and Theresa Weld. After her are Ruth Etting, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Selwyn Lloyd, Robert Sobukwe, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Ilka Chase.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 11,303 out of 18,182Before her are Uri Caine (1956), Glen Keane (1954), Alexei Panshin (1940), John Langdon (1741), Davis Guggenheim (1963), and Ernest Tubb (1914). After her are Chris Zylka (1985), Tyler Joseph (1988), Jon Gries (1957), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), Twyla Tharp (1941), and John Singleton (1968).

Among STATISTICIANS In United States

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