Constance van Eeden

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Eeden, not Eeden.

Constance van Eeden
Born(1927-04-06)April 6, 1927
Delft, South Holland
DiedSeptember 21, 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 94)
NationalityDutch
SpouseCharles H. Kraft
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
ThesisTesting and Estimating Ordered Parameters of Probability Distribution (1958)
Doctoral advisorDavid van Dantzig
Other advisorsJan Hemelrijk
Academic work
DisciplineMathematical statistics
Institutions
Main interestsNonparametric statistics
Notable worksA Nonparametric Introduction to Statistics

Constance van Eeden (April 6, 1927 – September 21, 2021)[1] was a Dutch mathematical statistician who made "exceptional contributions to the development of statistical sciences in Canada".[2] She was interested in nonparametric statistics including maximum likelihood estimation and robust statistics,[3] and did foundational work on parameter spaces.[2]

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