David Cox - Inaugural recipient of International Prize in Statistics

Q.   Which well known statistician has been named winner of the International Prize in Statistics?
- Published on 21 Oct 16

a. David Cox
b. PC Mahalanobis
c. PC Cox
d. None of the above

ANSWER: David Cox
 
David Cox - Inaugural recipient of International Prize in StatisticsSir David Cox has been named the inaugural recipient of the International Prize in Statistics
  • This is considered the highest honour in the field much like the Fields Medal, Abel Prize, Turing Award and Nobel Prize
  • The prize will be bestowed each year to teams/individuals using statistics to advance technology, science and human welfare
  • Cox is a giant in the field of statistics
  • The Cox model has been used in analysis of survival data and enables researchers to easily identify risks of special factors for mortality or other survival outcomes among groups of patients with disparate characteristics
  • From disease risk assessment and treatment evaluation to product liability, school dropout, re-incarceration and AIDS surveillance systems, the Cox model has found widespread applications

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