Paul Meier (statistician)
| Paul Meier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 24, 1924 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 2011 (aged 87) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions |
Princeton Johns Hopkins Univ. Chicago Columbia |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Doctoral advisor | John Tukey |
| Known for | Statistics, experimental design |
Paul Meier (July 24, 1924 – August 7, 2011) was a statistician who promoted the use of randomized trials in medicine. He is also known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan–Meier estimator, a tool for measuring how many patients survive a medical treatment.
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