Mathematician:Jerzy Neyman

Mathematician
Polish mathematician and statistician who first introduced the modern concept of a confidence interval into statistical hypothesis testing.

Co-revised 's null hypothesis testing (in collaboration with ).

Nationality
Polish (although born in what is now Moldova)

History

 * Born: 16 April 1894 in Bendery, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now Transnistria, Moldova)
 * Died: 5 August 1981 in Oakland, California, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Neyman-Pearson Lemma (with )

Publications

 * 1930: On the problem of two samples (with )
 * 1933: On the problem of the most efficient tests of statistical hypotheses (with )
 * 1933: The testing of statistical hypotheses in relation to probabilities a priori (with )
 * 1958: Statistical approach to the problems of cosmology (with )
 * 1970: Statistical aspects of rain stimulation: Problems and prospects (with )
 * 1958: Statistical approach to the problems of cosmology (with )
 * 1970: Statistical aspects of rain stimulation: Problems and prospects (with )
 * 1958: Statistical approach to the problems of cosmology (with )
 * 1970: Statistical aspects of rain stimulation: Problems and prospects (with )
 * 1970: Statistical aspects of rain stimulation: Problems and prospects (with )

Also known as
His name at birth was Jerzy Spława-Neyman.

Some publications of his can be found under that name.