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Samuel S. Wilks : The Statistician

Samuel S. Wilks : The Statistician. By Kristian Wilks – Lake Shore. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=samuel+stanley+wilks&lk=3. The Early Years. Born on June 17 th , 1906 in Little Elm, Texas Parents: Chance C. and Bertha May Gammon Wilks Siblings: Syrrel and William Wilks

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Samuel S. Wilks : The Statistician

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  1. Samuel S. Wilks: The Statistician By KristianWilks – Lake Shore http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=samuel+stanley+wilks&lk=3

  2. The Early Years • Born on June 17th, 1906 in Little Elm, Texas • Parents: Chance C. and Bertha May Gammon Wilks • Siblings: Syrrel and William Wilks • Lived on a 250-acre farm • Loved hunting and fishing as a child • Built a radio at the age of 12 http://www.capeoldradio.com/cor_radio.php?radio_box=25348

  3. College Life College Life • Studied industrial arts at North Texas State Teachers College as an undergraduate • Began teaching mathematics and manual arts at a high school http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/education2.shtml

  4. College Life College Life • Began studying mathematics at the University of Texas • Received his master’s degree in 1928 • Left Texas to study probability and statistics at the University of Iowa • Received his doctorate in 1931 http://06880danwoog.com/tag/harry-moritz/

  5. Life After Graduation Life After Graduation • Awarded A National Research Council Fellowship by Columbia University for mathematics • Served on the National Defense Research Committee • Award President’s Certificate of Merit

  6. Life After Graduation Life After Graduation • Went on to marry Gena Orr in 1931 • Had a son named Stanley Neal Wilks • Became an NRC Research Fellow working at… • University of London • University of Cambridge • Went to teach Mathematics at Princeton

  7. Major Contributions Main Contributions • “Blue-book” • “Gray-book” • Advanced Studies in… • Tolerance Limits • Average Confidence Limits • Estimation of Confidence Regions http://www.clker.com/clipart-blue-book-.html

  8. Major Contributions Main Contributions • Editorship of the Annals • Improving weapon design and production • Helped found Institute of Mathematical Statistics and many other institutions • Likelihood Ratio Test Advances

  9. Important Publications Main Contributions • Annals of Mathematical Statistics • Where many of his works were published • Biometrika • Elementary Statistical Analysis – “Blue Book” • Mathematical Statistics – “Gray Book”

  10. The Inevitable End The Inevitable End • Died in his sleep on March 7, 1964 at his Princeton home • An award was named after him • The Stanley S. Wilks Award • Greatly missed by the Statistic’s community

  11. Sources Sources • http://www.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/bios/wilkssamuels.pdf • http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=samuel+stanley+wilks&lk=3 • http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/talks1/jsm.09/noether/noetheraward.pdf

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