Herbert Sichel
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Dr Herbert Sichel was a statistician
who made great advances in the areas of both theoretical and applied statistics
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He developed the Sichel-t Estimator for the Log-normal distribution's t-statistic. He also made great leaps in the area of the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Distribution which became known as the Sichel Distribution.
Dr Sichel pioneered the science of geostatistics
with Danie Krige in the early 1950s. Sichel also was well recognised in the field of statistical linguistics
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He established the Operational Research Bureau in 1952. He was appointed as professor in Statistics and Operations Research in the Graduate Business School of the University of the Witwatersrand
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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...
who made great advances in the areas of both theoretical and applied statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
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He developed the Sichel-t Estimator for the Log-normal distribution's t-statistic. He also made great leaps in the area of the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Distribution which became known as the Sichel Distribution.
Dr Sichel pioneered the science of geostatistics
Geostatistics
Geostatistics is a branch of statistics focusing on spatial or spatiotemporal datasets. Developed originally to predict probability distributions of ore grades for mining operations, it is currently applied in diverse disciplines including petroleum geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, meteorology,...
with Danie Krige in the early 1950s. Sichel also was well recognised in the field of statistical linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
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He established the Operational Research Bureau in 1952. He was appointed as professor in Statistics and Operations Research in the Graduate Business School of the University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a South African university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University...
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