David S. Moore
{{short description|American statistician}}
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David Sheldon Moore is an American statistician, who is known for his leadership of statistics education for many decades.
Biography
David S. Moore received his A.B. from Princeton University and the Ph.D. from Cornell University in mathematics.[http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~dsmoore/vitashort David S. Moore Brief Vita, Purdue University Department of Statistics]
In statistics education, David S. Moore is the author of a series of influential textbooks in statistical science, which use only high school algebra: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (with George McCabe), of An Introduction to the Basic Practice of Statistics, and of Statistics: Concepts and Controversies.
In statistical science, David S. Moore has done research in the asymptotic theory of robust and nonparametric statistics.
In 1995, Moore received the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608175318/https://maa.org/member-communities/maa-awards/teaching-awards/section-award|title=Recipients of the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics; Mathematical Association of America|website=www.maa.org}}
Professor Moore was the 1998 President of the American Statistical Association.
David S. Moore is a retired (in 2004) Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus at Purdue University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~dsmoore/|title=David S. Moore - Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus|website=www.stat.purdue.edu|access-date=2018-03-10}}
Professor Moore has served as the second president of the International Association for Statistical Education. He was the content developer for the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting college-level telecourse Against All Odds: Inside Statistics.
Publications
- Introduction to the Practice of Statistics with George McCabe. {{ISBN|0716764008}}
- The Basic Practice of Statistics. {{ISBN|071677478X}}
- Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. {{ISBN|1429237023}}
- {{cite journal| doi=10.2307/2686686| title=Should Mathematicians Teach Statistics? |author=Moore, David S| journal=The College Mathematics Journal| volume=19| issue=1 |date=Jan 1988 |pages=3–7| jstor=2686686}}
- {{cite journal| doi=10.2307/2975286| title=Mathematics, Statistics, and Teaching |author1=Cobb, George W. |author2=Moore, David S| journal=The American Mathematical Monthly| volume=104| issue=9|date=Nov 1997|pages=801–823 |jstor=2975286}}
- {{cite journal | doi=10.2307/2589117 | title=Statistics and Mathematics: Tension and Cooperation | last2=Cobb | first2=George W. | last1=Moore | first1=David S. | journal=The American Mathematical Monthly | volume=107 | issue=7 |date=August–September 2000 | pages=615–630 | jstor= 2589117 |mr = 1543690 |authorlink1=David S. Moore| citeseerx=10.1.1.422.4356 }}
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