T. M. F. Smith

T. M. F. "Fred" Smith is a British statistician known for his research in survey sampling.

Fred Smith gained his first degree in 1959. He has been professor of mathematics at the University of Southampton.^[1]

References

^ Smith, T. M. F. (2001). "Biometrika centenary: Sample surveys". Biometrika 88 (1): 167–243. doi:10.1093/biomet/88.1.167. http://biomet.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/167.
^ Smith, T. M. F. (1993). "Populations and Selection: Limitations of Statistics (Presidential address)". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A 156 (2): 144–166. doi:10.2307/2982726. JSTOR 2982726. (Portrait of T. M. F. Smith on page 144) The Royal Statistical Society lists Smith as the 1991–1993 President in its list of Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society, which available on-line: List of presidents

Smith, T. M. F. (1984). "Present Position and Potential Developments: Some Personal Views: Sample surveys". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A 147 (2): 208–221. doi:10.2307/2981677. JSTOR 2981677.
Smith, T. M. F. (1993). "Populations and Selection: Limitations of Statistics (Presidential address)". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A 156 (2): 144–166. doi:10.2307/2982726. JSTOR 2982726. (Portrait of T. M. F. Smith on page 144)
Smith, T. M. F. (2001). "Biometrika centenary: Sample surveys". Biometrika 88 (1): 167–243. doi:10.1093/biomet/88.1.167.
Smith, T. M. F. (2001). "Biometrika centenary: Sample surveys". In D. M. Titterington and D. R. Cox. Biometrika: One Hundred Years. Oxford University Press. pp. 165–194. ISBN 0-19-850993-6.
Smith, T. M. F.; Staetsky, L. (2007). "The teaching of statistics in UK universities". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A 170 (3): 581–622. doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00482.x. MR 2380589.

Academic offices
Preceded by P.G. Moore	President of the Royal Statistical Society 1991–1993	Succeeded by David J. Bartholomew

Location	Mean (Arithmetic, Geometric, Harmonic) Median Mode

Dispersion	Range Standard deviation Coefficient of variation Percentile Interquartile range

Shape	Variance Skewness Kurtosis Moments L-moments

Summary tables

Designing studies	Effect size Standard error Statistical power Sample size determination

Survey methodology	Sampling Stratified sampling Opinion poll Questionnaire

Controlled experiment	Design of experiments Randomized experiment Random assignment Replication Blocking Factorial experiment Optimal design

Uncontrolled studies	Natural experiment Quasi-experiment Observational study

Statistical theory	Sampling distribution Sufficient statistic Meta-analysis

Bayesian inference	Bayesian probability Prior Posterior Credible interval Bayes factor Bayesian estimator Maximum posterior estimator

Frequentist inference	Confidence interval Hypothesis testing Likelihood-ratio

Specific tests	Z-test (normal) Student's t-test F-test Pearson's chi-squared test Wald test Mann–Whitney U Shapiro–Wilk Signed-rank Kolmogorov–Smirnov test

General estimation	Bias Robustness Efficiency Maximum likelihood Method of moments Minimum distance Density estimation

Correlation	Pearson product-moment correlation Partial correlation Confounding variable Coefficient of determination

Regression analysis	Errors and residuals Regression model validation Mixed effects models Simultaneous equations models

Linear regression	Simple linear regression Ordinary least squares General linear model Bayesian regression

Non-standard predictors	Nonlinear regression Nonparametric Semiparametric Isotonic Robust

Generalized linear model	Exponential families Logistic (Bernoulli) Binomial Poisson

Partition of variance	Analysis of variance (ANOVA) Analysis of covariance Multivariate ANOVA Degrees of freedom

Categorical data	Cohen's kappa Contingency table Graphical model Log-linear model McNemar's test

Multivariate statistics	Multivariate regression Principal components Factor analysis Cluster analysis Copulas

Time series analysis	Decomposition (Trend, Stationary process) ARMA model ARIMA model Vector autoregression Spectral density estimation

Survival analysis	Survival function Kaplan–Meier Logrank test Failure rate Proportional hazards models Accelerated failure time model

Biostatistics	Bioinformatics Biometrics Clinical trials & studies Epidemiology Medical statistics

Engineering statistics	Chemometrics Methods engineering Probabilistic design Process & Quality control Reliability System identification

Social statistics	Actuarial science Census Crime statistics Demography Econometrics National accounts Official statistics Population Psychometrics

Spatial statistics	Cartography Environmental statistics Geographic information system Geostatistics Kriging

Social surveys

Gathering data	Collection methods · Census · Sampling for surveys · Random sampling · Questionnaire · Interview (Structured, Semi-structured and Unstructured)

Analyzing data	Categorical data · Contingency table · Level of measurement · Descriptive statistics · Exploratory data analysis · Multivariate statistics · Psychometrics · Statistical inference · Statistical models (Graphical · Log-linear · Structural)

Applications	Market research · Opinion poll

Major surveys	National Election Studies · Gallup poll · General Social Survey · International Social Survey · United Kingdom Census · United States Census · National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey · World Values Survey

Professional associations	International Statistical Institute · World Association for Public Opinion Research · American Association for Public Opinion Research · European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research

Category · Projects (Business · Politics · Psychology · Sociology · Statistics)

Persondata
Name	Smith, T. M. F.
Alternative names
Short description	British mathematical statistician, former President of the Royal Statistical Society, and researcher in statistical theory of survey sampling
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