Morris H. DeGroot
Morris Herman DeGroot | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1931 |
| Died | November 2, 1989 (aged 58) |
| 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
[edit | edit source]Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, DeGroot graduated from Roosevelt University and earned master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago. DeGroot joined Carnegie Mellon in 1957 and became a University Professor, the school's highest faculty position, serving in that position until his death from lung cancer in 1989.
He was the founding editor of the review journal Statistical Science.
Academic works
[edit | edit source]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 Edward C. Prescott and Robert Lucas, Jr.,[4] influential figures in the development of new classical macroeconomics and real business-cycle theory. DeGroot's undergraduate text, Probability and Statistics, published in 1975, is widely recognized as a classic textbook.
Books
[edit | edit source]- DeGroot, M.H. & M.J. Schervish (2011), Probability and Statistics, 4th Ed, Pearson, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- DeGroot, M.H. (1989), Probability and Statistics, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- DeGroot, Morris H., Optimal Statistical Decisions. Wiley Classics Library. 2004. (Originally published (1970) by McGraw-Hill.) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- DeGroot, M.H., S.E. Fienberg & J.B. Kadane (1994), Statistics and the Law (1994), Wiley, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- "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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