Zbyněk Šidák (24 October 1933 – 12 November 1999) was a Czech mathematician. He is known for developing the

Šidák correction In statistics, the Šidák correction, or Dunn–Šidák correction, is a method used to counteract the problem of multiple comparisons. It is a simple method to control the familywise error rate. When all null hypotheses are true, the method p ...

Early life and education

Šidák was born and raised in Golčův Jeníkov. He completed his undergraduate studies in statistics at

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in 1956, received a Ph.D. in 1961, and a DrSc. in 1973.

Career

Beginning in 1956, and continuing until his death, Šidák was a researcher in the mathematical department of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and spent several years as head of the Department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. During his life, Šidák held posts as a visiting faculty member at the

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, and others. He also served as chief editor of the scholarly journal ''Applications of Mathematics''. The Šidák correction, a method used to counteract the problem of

multiple comparisons In statistics, the multiple comparisons, multiplicity or multiple testing problem occurs when one considers a set of statistical inferences simultaneously or infers a subset of parameters selected based on the observed values. The more inferenc ...

, was credited to a 1967 paper by Šidák.

Personal life

In 1958 Šidák married Krista Štěpničková. They had two sons and a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sidak, Zbynek Czech statisticians 1933 births 1999 deaths Charles University alumni People from Havlíčkův Brod District