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'''William John Youden''' (April 12, 1900 - March 31, 1971) was a statistician who formulated new statistical techniques in statistical analysis and in designs for experimenters. He developed the "Youden square", an incomplete [[block design]] developed from a 1937 paper, "Use of Incomplete Block Replications in Estimating Tobacco Mosaic Virus".<ref name="eyc1">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904751.html "Youden, William John."], ''Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008.'' Retrieved April 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com</ref><ref name="sw1">[http://www.swlearning.com/quant/kohler/stat/biographical_sketches/bio5.1.html BIOGRAPHY 5.1 William J. Youden (1900 -1971)], swlearning.com (adapted from Journal of Quality Technology, January 1972, pp. 3-6, and Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. XIV (New York: Charles Scribner's, 1976), pp. 552-557.)</ref><ref name="bit1">Churchill Eisenhart and Joan R. Rosenblatt. [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2239936?uid=3739808&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21100687318461 W. J. Youden, 1900-1971], ''The Annals of Mathematical Statistics'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Aug., 1972), pp. 1035-1040</ref><ref name="Ref4">Cornell, John A. [http://www.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=biosinfo&BioID=28 W.J. Youden - The Man and his Methodology], ASQC Statistics Division Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2</ref>
'''William John Youden''' (April 12, 1900 &ndash; March 31, 1971) was an Australian-born American [[statistician]] who formulated new statistical techniques in [[statistical analysis]] and in [[design of experiments]]. He developed the "Youden square", an incomplete [[Randomized block design|block design]] developed from a 1937 paper, "Use of Incomplete Block Replications in Estimating [[Tobacco Mosaic Virus]]". He also helped to introduce the concept of [[restricted randomization]], which he called constrained randomization.<ref name="eyc1">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904751.html "Youden, William John."], ''Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008.'' Retrieved April 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com</ref><ref name="sw1">[http://www.swlearning.com/quant/kohler/stat/biographical_sketches/bio5.1.html BIOGRAPHY 5.1 William J. Youden (1900–1971)], swlearning.com (adapted from Journal of Quality Technology, January 1972, pp. 3–6, and Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. XIV (New York: Charles Scribner's, 1976), pp. 552–557.)</ref><ref name="bit1">Churchill Eisenhart and Joan R. Rosenblatt. [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2239936?uid=3739808&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21100687318461 W. J. Youden, 1900–1971], ''The Annals of Mathematical Statistics'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Aug., 1972), pp. 1035–1040</ref><ref name="Ref4">Cornell, John A. [http://www.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=biosinfo&BioID=28 W.J. Youden – The Man and his Methodology], ASQC Statistics Division Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2</ref> He devised [[Youden's J statistic]] as a simple measure summarising the performance of a binary diagnostic test.<ref name="Youden1950">{{cite journal |first1=W.J. |last1=Youden |year=1950 |author-link=William J. Youden| title=Index for rating diagnostic tests |journal=Cancer|volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=32–35 |doi=10.1002/1097-0142(1950)3:1<32::aid-cncr2820030106>3.0.co;2-3|pmid=15405679 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

In 1951, he was elected as a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]].<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm View/Search Fellows of the ASA], accessed 2016-07-23.</ref>
The [[American Statistical Association]] bestows the [http://www.amstat.org/awards/wjyoudenaward.cfm W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing] to authors "of publications that make outstanding contributions to the design and/or analysis of interlaboratory tests or describe ingenious approaches to the planning and evaluation of data from such tests." The award is presented each year at the [[Joint Statistical Meetings]].<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/awards/wjyoudenaward.cfm http://www.amstat.org/awards/wjyoudenaward.cfm]</ref>

In 1967, Youden served as president of the [[Philosophical Society of Washington]], a science organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=https://pswscience.org/about-psw/past-presidents/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=PSW Science |language=en}}</ref>


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==External links==
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William John Youden
Born(1900-04-12)12 April 1900
Townsville, Australia
Died31 March 1971(1971-03-31) (aged 70)
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsNational Bureau of Standards
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research

William John Youden (April 12, 1900 – March 31, 1971) was an Australian-born American statistician who formulated new statistical techniques in statistical analysis and in design of experiments. He developed the "Youden square", an incomplete block design developed from a 1937 paper, "Use of Incomplete Block Replications in Estimating Tobacco Mosaic Virus". He also helped to introduce the concept of restricted randomization, which he called constrained randomization.[1][2][3][4] He devised Youden's J statistic as a simple measure summarising the performance of a binary diagnostic test.[5]

In 1951, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[6] The American Statistical Association bestows the W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing to authors "of publications that make outstanding contributions to the design and/or analysis of interlaboratory tests or describe ingenious approaches to the planning and evaluation of data from such tests." The award is presented each year at the Joint Statistical Meetings.[7]

In 1967, Youden served as president of the Philosophical Society of Washington, a science organization.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Youden, William John.", Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Retrieved April 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com
  2. ^ BIOGRAPHY 5.1 William J. Youden (1900–1971), swlearning.com (adapted from Journal of Quality Technology, January 1972, pp. 3–6, and Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. XIV (New York: Charles Scribner's, 1976), pp. 552–557.)
  3. ^ Churchill Eisenhart and Joan R. Rosenblatt. W. J. Youden, 1900–1971, The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Aug., 1972), pp. 1035–1040
  4. ^ Cornell, John A. W.J. Youden – The Man and his Methodology, ASQC Statistics Division Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2
  5. ^ Youden, W.J. (1950). "Index for rating diagnostic tests". Cancer. 3 (1): 32–35. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(1950)3:1<32::aid-cncr2820030106>3.0.co;2-3. PMID 15405679.
  6. ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.
  7. ^ http://www.amstat.org/awards/wjyoudenaward.cfm
  8. ^ "Past Presidents". PSW Science. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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