Michael Healy (statistician)
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| Born | 26 November 1923 Paignton, Devon |
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| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions | Rothamsted Experimental Station MRC Clinical Research Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Notable awards | Guy Medal in Gold |
Michael John Romer Healy (1923–) is a British statistician known for his contributions to statistical computing, auxology, laboratory statistics and quality control, and methods for analysing longitudinal data, among other areas. He was professor of medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1977 until his retirement. The Royal Statistical Society awarded him the Guy Medal in Silver in 1979 and Gold in 1999. He is the author or co-author of three books and over 200 scientific papers.
[edit] References
- Tanner, James Mourilyan (1998). "Foreword [to special issue in honour of Professor Michael Healy, on the occasion of his 75th birthday]". Statistics in Medicine 17: 2655–2659. doi:.
- Healy, M.J.R. (1978). "Is Statistics a Science?". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General) 141 (3): 385–393. doi:.
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