| Leo A. Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 1928 New York City |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | John Tukey, Samuel Wilks |
| Known for | Social statistics, Goodman and Kruskal's lambda, Goodman and Kruskal's gamma |
| Notable awards | R. A. Fisher Lectureship (1968) Wilks Memorial Award (1985) |
Leo A. Goodman (born August 7, 1928 in New York City[1]) is a statistician known particularly for developing statistical methods for the social sciences, including data from statistical surveys and categorical data.
Goodman worked at the University of Chicago from 1950 until 1986. Since 1986, he has been Class of 1938 Professor in the Sociology Department and the Statistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]