1. Andrew Eric Gelman was born on February 11,1965 and is an American statistician and professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University.
19 Facts About Andrew Gelman
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Andrew Gelman then received a master of science in 1987 and a doctor of philosophy in 1990, both in statistics from Harvard University, under the supervision of Donald Rubin.
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Andrew Gelman is the Higgins Professor of Statistics and Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University.
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Andrew Gelman is a major contributor to statistical philosophy and methods especially in Bayesian statistics and hierarchical models.
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Andrew Gelman is one of the leaders of the development of the statistical programming framework Stan.
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Andrew Gelman says his approach to hypothesis testing is " the opposite of the conventional view" of what is typical for statistical inference.
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Andrew Gelman's approach to statistical inference is a major recurring theme of his work.
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Andrew Gelman is notable for his efforts to make political science and statistics more accessible to journalists and to the public.
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Andrew Gelman was one of the primary authors of "The Monkey Cage", blog published by The Washington Post.
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Andrew Gelman keeps his own blog which deals with statistical practices in social science.
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Andrew Gelman frequently writes about Bayesian statistics, displaying data, and interesting trends in social science.
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Andrew Gelman is respected enough that his posts are well read; he is cutting enough that many of his critiques are enjoyed with a strong sense of schadenfreude.
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Andrew Gelman is a prominent critic of poor methodological work and he identifies such work as contributing to the replication crisis.
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Andrew Gelman has received the Outstanding Statistical Application award from the American Statistical Association three times, in 1998,2000, and 2008.
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Andrew Gelman is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
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Andrew Gelman was elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
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Andrew Gelman married Caroline Rosenthal in 2002 and has three children.
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The psychologist Susan Andrew Gelman is his older sister and cartoonist Woody Andrew Gelman was his uncle.
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Andrew Gelman is a participant in Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.