Michael Cohen (statistician)
Michael Paul Cohen | |
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| Born | July 1947 (age 78) San Mateo, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego (B.A. with honors) University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Survey methodology, Consumer Price Index research, mathematical statistics, education statistics, transportation statistics, formal epistemology |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of the American Educational Research Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics, Survey methodology |
| Institutions | Bureau of Labor Statistics National Center for Education Statistics |
| Thesis | Fisher Information and Estimators of Location-Scale Parameters |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Joel Stone |
Michael Paul Cohen (born July 1947) is an American mathematical statistician known for his contributions to survey methodology, education statistics, and the design of large-scale federal surveys. Cohen is a Principal Statistician at the American Institutes for Research (AIR). He has held research and leadership positions at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Education Statistics, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Statistical Consulting LLC, and AIR. His research has addressed topics including the Consumer Price Index, multilevel survey design, Bayesian methods for unequal probability sampling, and applications of statistical methodology in education and transportation. Cohen is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Educational Research Association, the American Statistical Association, the Royal Statistical Society, and the Washington Academy of Sciences, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and Sigma Xi.