No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ProfPsy}} |
{{ProfPsy}} |
||
| − | '''Sidney Siegel''' (4 January [[1916]],New York - |
+ | '''Sidney Siegel''' (4 January [[1916]],New York - 29 November [[1961]]) was an American psychologist who became especially well known for his work in popularising [[non-parametric statistics]] for use in the behavioural sciences. |
Siegel completed a [[PhD|Ph.D.]] in Psychology in [[1953]] at [[Stanford University]]. Except for a year spent at the ''Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences'' at Stanford, he thereafter taught at [[Pennsylvania State University]], until his death. |
Siegel completed a [[PhD|Ph.D.]] in Psychology in [[1953]] at [[Stanford University]]. Except for a year spent at the ''Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences'' at Stanford, he thereafter taught at [[Pennsylvania State University]], until his death. |
||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 19 November 2006
Assessment |
Biopsychology |
Comparative |
Cognitive |
Developmental |
Language |
Individual differences |
Personality |
Philosophy |
Social |
Methods |
Statistics |
Clinical |
Educational |
Industrial |
Professional items |
World psychology |
Professional Psychology: Debating Chamber · Psychology Journals · Psychologists
Sidney Siegel (4 January 1916,New York - 29 November 1961) was an American psychologist who became especially well known for his work in popularising non-parametric statistics for use in the behavioural sciences.
Siegel completed a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1953 at Stanford University. Except for a year spent at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, he thereafter taught at Pennsylvania State University, until his death.
Publications
Books
- Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 1956
- Bargaining and Group Decision Making (co-authored with Lawrence E. Fouraker), winning the 1959 Monograph Price of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Bargaining Behaviour (co-authoree with Lawrence E. Fouraker).
- Choice, Strategy, and Utility (completed posthumously by Alberta E. Siegel and Julia McMichael Andrews)
Book Chapters
Papers
- A nonparametric sum of ranks procedure for relative spread in unpaired samples, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1960 (coauthored with John Wilder Tukey)
External links