Ledyard Tucker
| Ledyard Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 19, 1910 Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
| Died | August 16, 2004 (aged 93) Savoy, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Educational Testing Service University of Illinois |
| Alma mater |
University of Colorado University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Leon Thurstone |
| Known for |
Angoff method Tucker decomposition Tucker–Koopman–Linn model |
Ledyard R. Tucker (19 September 1910 – 16 August 2004) was an American mathematician who specialized in statistics and psychometrics. His Ph.D. advisor at the University of Chicago was Louis Leon Thurstone. He was a lecturer in psychology at Princeton University from 1948 to 1960, while simultaneously working at ETS. In 1960, he moved to working full-time in academia when he joined the University of Illinois. The rest of his career was spent as professor of quantitative psychology and educational psychology at UIUC until he retired in 1979. Tucker is best known for his Tucker decomposition and Tucker–Koopman–Linn model. He is credited with the invention of Angoff method.
In 1957 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
He died at his home in Savoy, Illinois on August 16, 2004 aged 94.
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