Linda Jean Young (born 1952)Birthdate fro
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National Agricultural Statistics Service The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. NASS has 12 regional offices throughout the United States and Puer ...

. Her research interests include integrating diverse data especially that involving

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, agricultural data, and statistical ecology. Young earned BS and MS degrees in mathematics from

West Texas State University West Texas A&M University (WTAMU or WT) is a public university in Canyon, Texas. It is the northernmost campus of the Texas A&M University System and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It was established on S ...

in 1974 and 1976, respectively. She completed her PhD in 1981 from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

. Her dissertation, ''Estimation and Testing Procedures for the Parameters of the Negative Binomial Distribution'', was supervised by John Leroy Folks. She has served on the faculty of three land grant institutions: Oklahoma State University, the

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, and the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. With Jerry H. Young, she is the author of the book ''Statistical Ecology: A Population Perspective'' (Kluwer, 1998). She is a

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of the American Statistical Association, a

of the

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, and an elected member of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Linda J. 1952 births Living people American statisticians Women statisticians West Texas A&M University alumni Oklahoma State University alumni Oklahoma State University faculty University of Nebraska faculty University of Florida faculty Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute Fellows of the American Statistical Association Date of birth missing (living people)