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'''John Wilder Tukey''' (1915-2000), statistician. Tukey was working at ''Princeton University'' and with ''AT&T Bell Laboratories'' delivering countless contributions to a variety of statistical problems influencing not only the scientific community but also a significant part of civil society. | '''John Wilder Tukey''' (1915-2000), statistician. Tukey was working at ''Princeton University'' and with ''AT&T Bell Laboratories'' delivering countless contributions to a variety of statistical problems influencing not only the scientific community but also a significant part of civil society. | ||
Among his achievements are the distinction between [[Glossary: | Among his achievements are the distinction between [[Glossary:Exploratory data analysis|''exploratory'']] and ''confirmatory'' data analysis, the development of ''box plots'', and a very popular ''Fast Fourier Transform algorithm''. | ||
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Revision as of 01:38, 14 April 2003
John Wilder Tukey (1915-2000), statistician. Tukey was working at Princeton University and with AT&T Bell Laboratories delivering countless contributions to a variety of statistical problems influencing not only the scientific community but also a significant part of civil society.
Among his achievements are the distinction between exploratory and confirmatory data analysis, the development of box plots, and a very popular Fast Fourier Transform algorithm.