Jacob Cohen (statistician)
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This article is about the statistician. For other people with this name, see Jacob Cohen (disambiguation).
Jacob Cohen (April 20, 1923 – January 20, 1998) 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[1][2] 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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Jacob Cohen | |
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Born | (1923-04-20)April 20, 1923 |
Died | January 20, 1998(1998-01-20) (aged 74) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | New York University |
Known for | Cohen's kappa, Cohen's d, and Cohen's h |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology Statistics |
Thesis | A comparative analysis of the factors underlying intelligence test performance of different neuropsychiatric groups (1950) |
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