Stephen M. Stigler | |
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| Born | August 10, 1941 Minneapolis, US |
| Alma mater | Carleton College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Stigler's law of eponymy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Robust statistics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Chicago Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
| Thesis | Linear Functions of Order Statistics (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lucien Le Cam |
| Doctoral students | Lee-Jen Wei Alan Agresti |
| Website | www |
Stephen Mack Stigler (born August 10, 1941) is the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor at the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago.[1] He has authored several books on the history of statistics; he is the son of the economist George Stigler.
Stigler is also known for Stigler's law of eponymy which states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer – whose first formulation he credits to sociologist Robert K. Merton.