Ledyard R. Tucker (19 September 1910 – 16 August 2004) was an American mathematician who specialized in
statistics
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and
psychometrics. His Ph.D. advisor at the
University of Chicago was
Louis Leon Thurstone. He was a lecturer in psychology at
Princeton University from 1948 to 1960, while simultaneously working at
ETS. In 1960, he moved to working full-time in academia when he joined the
University of Illinois. The rest of his career was spent as professor of
quantitative psychology and
educational psychology at UIUC until he retired in 1979. Tucker is best known for his
Tucker decomposition and
Tucker–Koopman–Linn model. He is credited with the invention of
Angoff method Angoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Charles Angoff (1902–1979), American journalist
** Charles Angoff Award
*William H. Angoff
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.
In 1957 he was elected as a
Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
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He died at his home in Savoy, Illinois, on August 16, 2004, aged 93.
Selected publications
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References
A Conversation with Ledyard R Tucker
by Neil J. Dorans
Remembering Ledyard R Tucker
by Tom Stewart
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1910 births
2004 deaths
University of Colorado alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Intelligence researchers
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
American statisticians
People from Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
People from Savoy, Illinois
Mathematicians from Colorado
Mathematicians from Illinois