Constance van Eeden
Constance van Eeden | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1927 |
| Died | September 21, 2021 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Spouse | Charles H. Kraft |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Thesis | Testing and Estimating Ordered Parameters of Probability Distribution (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | David van Dantzig |
| Other advisors | Jan Hemelrijk |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematical statistics |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Nonparametric statistics |
| Notable works | A Nonparametric Introduction to Statistics |
Constance van Eeden (April 6, 1927 – September 21, 2021) was a Dutch mathematical statistician who made "exceptional contributions to the development of statistical sciences in Canada". She was interested in nonparametric statistics including maximum likelihood estimation and robust statistics, and did foundational work on parameter spaces.