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Leo Goodman

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Leo Goodman · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis

When

1928, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2020, California, United States

Where

United States

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Biography

Leo Goodman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology

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Statistician and sociologist who advanced categorical data analysis

1928

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology