Alan Agresti
Alan Agresti | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 6, 1947 |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Known for | Categorical data analysis Agresti–Coull interval |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Thesis | Bounds on the Extinction-Time Distribution of a Branching Process |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen Stigler |
| Doctoral students | Ivy Liu Brent Coull |
Alan Gilbert Agresti (born February 6, 1947) is an American statistician and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida. He has written several textbooks on categorical data analysis that are considered seminal in the field.
The Agresti–Coull confidence interval for a binomial proportion is named after him and his doctoral student Brent Coull.