David A. Kenny
David A. Kenny | |
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| Born | David Anthony Kenny November 10, 1946 |
| Education | University of California, Davis Northwestern University |
| Known for | Interpersonal perception, Dyadic data analysis, Mediation analysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Connecticut |
| Thesis | The measurement and explanation of population effects: Sex differences in mathematics and science in a longitudinal study (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald T. Campbell |
| Other academic advisors | Robert Sommer Thomas D. Cook |
| Website | davidakenny |
David Anthony Kenny (born November 10, 1946) is an American social psychologist and applied statistician. He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Among the subjects he has researched are the interpersonal perception, the statistical analysis of data from dyads and groups, as well as mediation analysis. He co-authored a 1986 paper with Reuben M. Baron on mediation analysis that has been highly influential in the years since, with 114,891 citations (Google Scholar, September 2022).