Ingram Olkin

Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 April 28, 2016) was a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is known for developing statistical analysis for evaluating policies, particularly in education, and for his contributions to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.

Ingram Olkin
Ingram Olkin in 1986
Born(1924-07-23)July 23, 1924
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedApril 28, 2016(2016-04-28) (aged 91)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Columbia University
City College of New York
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsStanford University
Doctoral advisorS. N. Roy
Doctoral students
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