Jacob Cohen (statistician)

This article is about the psychologist. For other people with this name, see Jacob Cohen (disambiguation).
Jacob Cohen
Born(1923-04-20)April 20, 1923
New York City, US
DiedJanuary 20, 1998(1998-01-20) (aged 74)
New York City, US
EducationCity College of New York
New York University
Known forCohen's kappa, Cohen's d, and Cohen's h
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Statistics
InstitutionsMontrose VA Medical Center
New York University
ThesisA comparative analysis of the factors underlying intelligence test performance of different neuropsychiatric groups (1950)
Doctoral advisorAvrum Ben-Avi

Jacob Cohen (April 20, 1923 – January 20, 1998) was an American psychologist and statistician best known for his work on statistical power and effect size, which helped to lay foundations for current statistical meta-analysis and the methods of estimation statistics. He gave his name to such measures as Cohen's kappa, Cohen's d, and Cohen's h.

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