Howard Levene

Howard Levene
Born(1914-01-17)January 17, 1914
New York City, New York
DiedJuly 2, 2003(2003-07-02) (aged 89)
New York City, New York
EducationNew York University
Columbia University
Known forLevene's test
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
Statistics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Thesis Contributions to the Theory of Non-Parametric Tests of Randomness  (1953)
Doctoral advisorJacob Wolfowitz
Doctoral students

Howard Levene (January 17, 1914 – July 2, 2003)[1] was an American statistician and geneticist. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1947, and joined the faculty there shortly thereafter. He remained on the faculty at Columbia, where he served as professor of mathematical statistics and genetics, until 1982.[2][3] In statistics he is known for developing Levene's test, a modified form of the one-way analysis of variance.[4] His main contribution to population genetics is referred to, as "Levene's model".[5] It was the very first population genetic model, which incorporated existence of more than one ecological niche. He served as president of the American Society of Naturalists in 1976.[6] Levene also is the namesake for a teaching award in Columbia's Department of Statistics, the Howard Levene Outstanding Teaching Award awarded since 1999.[7]

  1. ^ "Inside the AMS" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 2008. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  2. ^ "Howard Levene". A Dictionary of Statistics.
  3. ^ Wallace, B. (2004-01-01). "Howard Levene Remembered". Journal of Heredity. 95 (1): 93–94. doi:10.1093/jhered/esh007. PMID 14757739.
  4. ^ Cramer, Duncan (2004). "Levene's Test". The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc. doi:10.4135/9781412950589.n488. ISBN 9780761923633.
  5. ^ Levene, Howard (1953). "Genetic equilibrium when more than one ecological niche is available". The American Naturalist. 87 (836): 331–333.
  6. ^ "Past Officers of the ASN". American Society of Naturalists. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. ^ "Howard Levene Outstanding Teaching Award". Department of Statistics. Retrieved 2024-10-02.