David V. Hinkley
Encyclopedia
David V. Hinkley is a statistician
known for his research in statistical model
s and inference
and for his graduate-level books.
under the supervision of David R. Cox. In 1974 Hinkley and Cox published a textbook on statistical inference, of unusual breadth and conceptual interest.
Hinkley has also collaborated with Bradley Efron
, in particular on writing a paper on maximizing
the conditional likelihood function and on using the observed
Fisher information
.
, a method of computational statistics
, which is largely due to Bradley Efron
. With Anthony C. Davison, Hinkley wrote a text on bootstrapping; their text, "Davison-Hinkley", is widely used and referenced.
, Departments of Applied Statistics and Theoretical Statistics.
He currently is a professor of statistics at the University of California at Santa Barbara Department of Statistics.
In 1984 Hinkley received the COPSS Presidents' Award
.
Statistician
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
known for his research in statistical model
Statistical model
A statistical model is a formalization of relationships between variables in the form of mathematical equations. A statistical model describes how one or more random variables are related to one or more random variables. The model is statistical as the variables are not deterministically but...
s and inference
Statistical inference
In statistics, statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions from data that are subject to random variation, for example, observational errors or sampling variation...
and for his graduate-level books.
Research and graduate textbooks
He earned a PhD from the Imperial College LondonImperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
under the supervision of David R. Cox. In 1974 Hinkley and Cox published a textbook on statistical inference, of unusual breadth and conceptual interest.
Hinkley has also collaborated with Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron is an American statistician best known for proposing the bootstrap resampling technique, which has had a major impact in the field of statistics and virtually every area of statistical application...
, in particular on writing a paper on maximizing
Maximum likelihood
In statistics, maximum-likelihood estimation is a method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model. When applied to a data set and given a statistical model, maximum-likelihood estimation provides estimates for the model's parameters....
the conditional likelihood function and on using the observed
Observed information
In statistics, the observed information, or observed Fisher information, is the negative of the second derivative of the "log-likelihood"...
Fisher information
Fisher information
In mathematical statistics and information theory, the Fisher information is the variance of the score. In Bayesian statistics, the asymptotic distribution of the posterior mode depends on the Fisher information and not on the prior...
.
Bootstrapping
Hinkley is one of the world's foremost experts on bootstrappingBootstrapping (statistics)
In statistics, bootstrapping is a computer-based method for assigning measures of accuracy to sample estimates . This technique allows estimation of the sample distribution of almost any statistic using only very simple methods...
, a method of computational statistics
Computational statistics
Computational statistics, or statistical computing, is the interface between statistics and computer science. It is the area of computational science specific to the mathematical science of statistics....
, which is largely due to Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron is an American statistician best known for proposing the bootstrap resampling technique, which has had a major impact in the field of statistics and virtually every area of statistical application...
. With Anthony C. Davison, Hinkley wrote a text on bootstrapping; their text, "Davison-Hinkley", is widely used and referenced.
Positions and awards
Hinkley has been professor at the University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, Departments of Applied Statistics and Theoretical Statistics.
He currently is a professor of statistics at the University of California at Santa Barbara Department of Statistics.
In 1984 Hinkley received the COPSS Presidents' Award
COPSS Presidents' Award
The COPSS Presidents' Award is given annually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a person under the age of 40, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics...
.
External links
- Faculty webpage
- David Victor Hinkley at The Mathematics Genealogy Project.