Paul Meier (July 24, 1924 – August 7, 2011)
was a
statistician
A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors.
It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...
who promoted the use of
randomized trials in medicine.
Meier is known for introducing, with
Edward L. Kaplan
Edward Lynn Kaplan (May 11, 1920 – September 26, 2006) was a mathematician most famous for the Kaplan–Meier estimator, developed together with Paul Meier (statistician), Paul Meier.
Biography
Edward Lynn Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Phil ...
, the
Kaplan–Meier estimator, a method for measuring how many patients survive a medical treatment from one duration to another, taking into account that the sampled population changes over time.
Meier's 1957 evaluation of polio vaccine practices published in ''Science'' has been described as influential, and the Kaplan-Meier method is thought to have indirectly extended tens of thousands of lives.
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1924 births
2011 deaths
American statisticians
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Presidents of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Oberlin College alumni
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
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