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'''Daniel Goodman Horvitz''' (March 4, 1921 – June 1, 2008){{r|amstat}} was an American survey statistician, best known for the eponymous [[Horvitz-Thompson estimator]].

'''Daniel Goodman Horvitz''' was an American survey statistician, best known for the eponymous Horvitz-Thompson estimator.


== Early life and career==
== Early life and career==
Daniel Horvitz was born in 1921 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts and earned a Ph.D. in statistics at Iowa State University. He served in the U.S. Army on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, during WWII.
Daniel (Dan) Horvitz was born in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]].{{r|notes}} He graduated with a B.S. in mathematics from the [[University of Massachusetts]] and earned a Ph.D. in statistics at [[Iowa State University]] in 1953.{{r|amstat}}{{r|archer}}


== Horvitz-Thompson estimator ==
== Horvitz-Thompson estimator ==
Horvitz (together with Donovan J. Thompson) co-authored in 1952 a research paper that introduced what was later called the Horvitz-Thompson estimator.{{r|ht}} In the paper, an unbiased estimator for a total is proposed, given a random sample without replacement with (possibly) unequal selection probabilities of the sample units. The authors also provide a formula for the variance of this estimator and a method to unbiasedly estimate this variance. The Horvitz-Thompson estimator is still in use in modern survey statistics; the paper was therefore regarded a landmark paper in survey statistics by the International Association of Survey Statisticians.{{r|land}}
Dan co-authored in 1952 the Horvitz-Thompson Estimator, a statistical tool that advanced survey research.


== Later life ==
== Later career==
He spent two years in Burma for the Ford Foundation and joined the [[Research Triangle Institute]] (today RTI International) in 1962, rising to executive vice president in 1983. Dan taught at N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill. In 1990, when the [[National Institute of Statistical Sciences]] was founded, Horvitz served as the interim director. He was a former vice president of the American Statistical Association and received the Distinguished Service Award of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.
Over the years, Horvitz taught at the [[University of Pittsburgh]], at [[North Carolina State University]] and at [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC-Chapel Hill]].{{r|amstat}} In 1962, he joined the [[Research Triangle Institute]] (today RTI International), rising to executive vice president in 1983.{{r|amstat}} During his time with RTI, Horvitz was involved in the design of several large scale survey projects, e.g. the [[National Assessment of Educational Progress]], and contributed to the advancement of the [[Randomized Response]] technique to achieve reliable survey estimates for sensitive questions.{{r|rres}}{{r|abor}}


In 1990, when the [[National Institute of Statistical Sciences]] was founded, Horvitz served as the interim director. He was a former vice president and fellow of the [[American Statistical Association]] and received the Distinguished Service Award of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.{{r|amstat}}
In private life, Dan Horvitz was actively engaged in his Jewish communities. He was a former trustee and president of the Blumenthal Jewish Home, now in Greensboro, and a president (1988-1990) of the Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary. Daniel Horvitz died June 1, 2008 in Boca Raton, FL, and was survived by his wife and three children.


== Private life==
== Selected bibliography ==
Dan Horvitz was actively engaged in Jewish communities. He was a former trustee and president of the Blumenthal Jewish Home, now in Greensboro, North Carolina{{r|amstat}} and a president (1988–1990) of the Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary.{{r|ral}} He died June 1, 2008, in Boca Raton, Florida, and was survived by his children Barbara, Gary and Paul.{{r|amstat}}


== References ==
Greenberg, Bernard G., Abdel-Latif A. Abul-Ela, Walt R. Simmons, and Daniel G. Horvitz. "The Unrelated Question Randomized Response Model: Theoretical Framework." Journal of the American Statistical Association 64, no. 326 (1969): 520–39. https://doi.org/10.2307/2283636.
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<ref name="amstat">{{cite journal
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|last2 = Thompson|first2 = D.J.
|year=1952
|title=A Generalization of Sampling Without Replacement from a Finite Universe
|journal=Journal of the American Statistical Association
|volume=47|issue=260 |pages=663–685
|doi = 10.1080/01621459.1952.10483446
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|date=2021
|title=The Los Alamos Computing Facility during the Manhattan Project
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|title=History
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 28 October 2024

Daniel Goodman Horvitz (March 4, 1921 – June 1, 2008)[1] was an American survey statistician, best known for the eponymous Horvitz-Thompson estimator.

Early life and career

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Daniel (Dan) Horvitz was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated with a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts and earned a Ph.D. in statistics at Iowa State University in 1953.[1][3]

Horvitz-Thompson estimator

[edit]

Horvitz (together with Donovan J. Thompson) co-authored in 1952 a research paper that introduced what was later called the Horvitz-Thompson estimator.[4] In the paper, an unbiased estimator for a total is proposed, given a random sample without replacement with (possibly) unequal selection probabilities of the sample units. The authors also provide a formula for the variance of this estimator and a method to unbiasedly estimate this variance. The Horvitz-Thompson estimator is still in use in modern survey statistics; the paper was therefore regarded a landmark paper in survey statistics by the International Association of Survey Statisticians.[5]

Later career

[edit]

Over the years, Horvitz taught at the University of Pittsburgh, at North Carolina State University and at UNC-Chapel Hill.[1] In 1962, he joined the Research Triangle Institute (today RTI International), rising to executive vice president in 1983.[1] During his time with RTI, Horvitz was involved in the design of several large scale survey projects, e.g. the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and contributed to the advancement of the Randomized Response technique to achieve reliable survey estimates for sensitive questions.[6][7]

In 1990, when the National Institute of Statistical Sciences was founded, Horvitz served as the interim director. He was a former vice president and fellow of the American Statistical Association and received the Distinguished Service Award of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.[1]

Private life

[edit]

Dan Horvitz was actively engaged in Jewish communities. He was a former trustee and president of the Blumenthal Jewish Home, now in Greensboro, North Carolina[1] and a president (1988–1990) of the Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary.[8] He died June 1, 2008, in Boca Raton, Florida, and was survived by his children Barbara, Gary and Paul.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary Daniel Goodman Horvitz" (PDF). Amstat News (373): 35. 2008. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "Notes about authors". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 62 (319): 1094–98. 1967.
  3. ^ Archer, B.J. (2021). "The Los Alamos Computing Facility during the Manhattan Project". Nuclear Technology. 207: S190 – S203. arXiv:2103.05705. Bibcode:2021NucTe.207S.190A. doi:10.1080/00295450.2021.1940060. S2CID 232170151.
  4. ^ Horvitz, D.G.; Thompson, D.J. (1952). "A Generalization of Sampling Without Replacement from a Finite Universe". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 47 (260): 663–685. doi:10.1080/01621459.1952.10483446.
  5. ^ Nathan, G. (2002). "Landmark Papers in Survey Statistics". Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique. 73 (1): 5–13. doi:10.1177/075910630207300103. S2CID 192209830.
  6. ^ Greenberg, B.G.; Abul-Ela, A.A.; Horvitz, D.G. (1969). "The Unrelated Question Randomized Response Model: Theoretical Framework". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64 (326): 520–39. doi:10.2307/2060019. JSTOR 2060019.
  7. ^ Abernathy, J.R.; Greenberg, B.G.; Horvitz, D.G. (1970). "Estimates of induced abortion in urban North Carolina". Demography. 7 (1): 19–29. doi:10.2307/2060019. JSTOR 2060019. PMID 5524615.
  8. ^ "History". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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