Morris H. DeGroot
Morris Herman DeGroot | |
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| Born | June 8, 1931 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Roosevelt University University of Chicago |
| Awards | ASA Fellow (1966)[1] IMS Fellow[2] AAAS Fellow[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Jimmie Savage |
| Doctoral students | Kathryn Chaloner |
Morris Herman DeGroot (June 8, 1931 – November 2, 1989) was an American statistician.
Biography
Born in
He was the founding editor of the
Academic works
He wrote six books, edited four volumes and authored over one hundred papers. Most of his research was on the theory of rational decision-making under uncertainty. His Optimal Statistical Decisions, published in 1970, is still recognized as one of the great books in the field. His courses on statistical decision theory taught at Carnegie-Mellon influenced
Books
- DeGroot, M.H. & M.J. Schervish (2011), Probability and Statistics, 4th Ed, Pearson, ISBN 978-0-3215-0046-5
- DeGroot, M.H. & M.J. Schervish (2011), Student Solutions Manual for Probability and Statistics, Pearson, ISBN 978-0-3217-1598-2
- DeGroot, M.H. and M.J. Schervish (2002). Probability and Statistics (third ed.). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-52488-8.
- DeGroot, M.H. (1989), Probability and Statistics, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 978-0-2011-1366-2
- DeGroot, Morris H., Optimal Statistical Decisions. Wiley Classics Library. 2004. (Originally published (1970) by McGraw-Hill.) ISBN 0-471-68029-X.
- DeGroot, M.H., S.E. Fienberg & J.B. Kadane (1994), Statistics and the Law (1994), Wiley, ISBN 978-0-4710-5538-9
- DeGroot, M.H. and ISBN 978-0-8476-7471-8.
Awards and honors
DeGroot was elected fellow of the American Statistical Association,[1] the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,[2] the International Statistical Institute, the Econometric Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
ISBA's DeGroot Prize is named for him.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Search Fellows of the ASA". amstat.org. ASA. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
click submit and search "Groot"
- ^ a b "Honored IMS Fellows". imstat.org. IMS. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- ISBN 981-02-3060-5.
- ^ "DeGroot Prize". bayesian.org. International Society for Bayesian Analysis. 2005. Archived from the original on 2001-02-19. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
The Prize is named for Morris H. ("Morrie") DeGroot
Further reading
- "Biography of Morris H. DeGroot", Statistical Science, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Feb., 1991), pp. 3–14.
- "Morris DeGroot, 58, A Statistics Professor", Obituary, The New York Times, November 3, 1989.
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