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Jacob Cohen

American statistician (1923-1998) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 74

Jacob Cohen was an American psychologist and statistician best known for his work on statistical power and effect size, which helped to lay foundations for current statistical meta-analysis and the methods of estimation statistics. He gave his name to such measures as Cohen's kappa, Cohen's d, and Cohen's h.

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Fellow of the American Statistical Association1983
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1923 to 1998 · aged 74