Harry Horace Harman (June 5, 1913 – June 8, 1976) was a Polish-born American statistician known for his work on

factor analysis Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observed ...

. A fellow of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

, he served as president of the

Psychometric Society The Psychometric Society is an international nonprofit professional organization devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practices in psychology, education, and the social sciences. The society publishes a scientific journal calle ...

from 1968 to 1969 and of the

Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is a small academic organization of research psychologists who have interests in multivariate statistical models for advancing psychological knowledge. It publishes a journal, ''Multivaria ...

from 1974 to 1975. He died of a heart attack in

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...

, on June 8, 1976.

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1913 births 1976 deaths American statisticians Fellows of the American Psychological Association Polish emigrants to the United States Psychometricians University of Chicago alumni Quantitative psychologists Presidents of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology {{US-statistician-stub