David Sheldon Moore is an American

statistician A statistician is a person who works with Theory, theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private sector, private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, a ...

, who is known for his leadership of statistics education for many decades.

Biography

David S. Moore received his A.B. from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

and the Ph.D. from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

in mathematics. In statistics education, David S. Moore is the author of a series of influential textbooks in statistical science, which use only high school algebra: ''Introduction to the Practice of Statistics'' (with George McCabe), of ''An Introduction to the Basic Practice of Statistics'', and of ''Statistics: Concepts and Controversies''. In statistical science, David S. Moore has done research in the

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theory of robust and

nonparametric statistics Nonparametric statistics is a type of statistical analysis that makes minimal assumptions about the underlying distribution of the data being studied. Often these models are infinite-dimensional, rather than finite dimensional, as in parametric s ...

. In 1995, Moore received the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. Professor Moore was the 1998 President of the American Statistical Association. David S. Moore is a retired (in 2004) Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus at

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

. Professor Moore has served as the second president of the International Association for Statistical Education. He was the content developer for the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting college-level telecourse ''Against All Odds: Inside Statistics''.

Publications

* ''Introduction to the Practice of Statistics'' with George McCabe. * ''The Basic Practice of Statistics''. * ''Statistics: Concepts and Controversies''. * * *

References

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