Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Obituary on Paul Meier, 1924 - 2011: U. of C. professor applied statistics to medical research

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, Aug. 18, 2011

By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune


"Paul Meier influenced the field of statistics in two major ways: as a proponent of a method that helped eliminate bias in determining the effectiveness of treatments in clinical trials, and by introducing a system used to estimate survival rates for patients undergoing different treatments in trials.” (read more)

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