Paul Meier (1924 to 2011) was a statistician who promoted the use of randomized trials in medicine. He is known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan-Meier estimator, a nonparametric estimator of survival functions that accounts for changes in sample size over time. His 1957 evaluation of polio vaccine practices, published in Science, has been described as influential, and the Kaplan-Meier method is thought to have indirectly extended tens of thousands of lives. He was born on 24 July 1924 and died on 7 August 2011.
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1. University of Chicago News: Paul Meier, statistician who helped change clinical research, 1924-2011
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died Sunday, Aug. 7 at his home in New York City
2. Paul Meier (Wikipedia)
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July 24, 1924
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was a statistician who promoted the use of randomized trials in medicine
Principal Result: Kaplan-Meier Estimator, Lead paragraph 2
Meier is known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan
Attributed Works: Kaplan-Meier Estimator, Lead paragraph 2
Meier is known for introducing, with Edward L. Kaplan, the Kaplan
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