Mathematician:Joseph Berkson

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Mathematician

American physicist, physician and statistician.

Best known for identifying a source of bias in observational studies caused by selection effects known as Berkson's paradox.


Nationality

American


History

  • Born: 14 May 1899 in New York City
  • Died: 12 September 1982


Theorems and Definitions


Publications

  • 1944: Application of the logistic function to bio-assay (JASA Vol. 39, no. 227: pp. 357 – 65)  www.jstor.org/stable/2280041
  • 1946: Limitations of the Application of Fourfold Table Analysis to Hospital Data
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