Amanda L. Golbeck

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Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography centers on the late Elizabeth Leonard Scott's use of statistical reasoning to promote the status of women in academia. Scott (1917- 1988) was a professor of statistics at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). She was known for her scientific research in mathematical statistics, astronomy, and biostatistics, but she is especially remembered for her work on the status of academic women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351751926
• Artikelnr.: 48408640

Autorenporträt

Amanda L. Golbeck is professor of biostatistics and associate dean for academic affairs in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has had a long-term interest in gender equity issues in academe that stems from her early association with Scott. Golbeck was the lead editor of Leadership and Women in Statistics (Chapman & Hall/CRC Press) and has had a number of published articles on gender issues in the statistics profession. In 2016, the Committee on Presidents of Statistical Societies selected Golbeck to receive the COPSS Elizabeth L. Scott Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Framing the local research questions (1968). West Point and
the field artillery family (ancestry I). Collecting, managing, and
summarizing the local data (1969). Aunt Phoebe the astronomer (ancestry
II). Reporting the local data (1970). Becoming an outlier. Using the local
data for advocacy (1971). 10,000 hours of professional practice. Regressing
national data (1972). The UC - Berkeley department of statistics. Focusing
on salary data (1973). With Jerzy Neyman. Advocating for data quality
improvement (1974). Loyalty oath, civil rights, free speech. Using
statistical reasoning toward affirmative action (1975). Productivity as a
statistical scientist. Creating the salary evaluation kit (1976).
Influencing academic salaries (1977). Continuing efforts to further the
careers of academic women (1978 - 1981). After Neyman. (1982 - 1988).