Samuel Sanford Shapiro
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Samuel S. Shapiro | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Rutgers University Columbia University City College of New York |
Known for | Shapiro–Wilk test Shapiro–Francia test |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions | Florida International University |
Samuel Sanford Shapiro (born July 13, 1930) is an American statistician and engineer. He is a professor emeritus of statistics at Florida International University. He is known for his co-authorship of the Shapiro–Wilk test and the Shapiro–Francia test.
A native of New York City, Shapiro graduated from City College of New York with a degree in statistics in 1952, and took an MS in industrial engineering at Columbia University in 1954. He briefly served as a statistician in the US Army Chemical Corps, before earning a MS (1960) and PhD (1963) in statistics at Rutgers University.[1] In 1972 he joined the faculty at Florida International University.
In 1987 he was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2]
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