Leo Goodman
Leo Goodman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis
1928, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2020, California, United States
United States
Leo Goodman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis
Goodman was a statistician and sociologist who transformed the analysis of categorical data, developing log-linear models and latent-class methods that became indispensable across the social sciences. He taught for decades at the University of Chicago and then at UC Berkeley. He was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn.
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Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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