Mathematician:Sidney Siegel

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Mathematician

American psychologist best known for his work in popularizing non-parametric statistics for use in the behavioral sciences.

Co-developer of the Siegel-Tukey test.


Nationality

American


History

  • Born: 4 January 1916 in New York City, New York, USA
  • Died: 29 November 1961


Theorems and Definitions

Definitions of concepts named for Sidney Siegel can be found here.


Publications

  • 1956: Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 1956
  • 1960: A nonparametric sum of ranks procedure for relative spread in unpaired samples (JASA Vol. 55: pp. 429 – 445) (with John W. Tukeywww.jstor.org/stable/2281906