Howard Wainer

Howard Wainer
Howard Wainer, 2011
Born
Howard Charles Goldhaber

(1943-10-26) October 26, 1943
New York City, U.S.
EducationPrinceton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Known forUnit-weighted regression
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
WorkplacesUniversity of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Harold Gulliksen
Doctoral students
David Thissen

Howard Charles Wainer (born October 26, 1943) is an American statistician, past principal research scientist at the Educational Testing Service, adjunct professor of statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and author, known for his contributions in the fields of statistics, psychometrics, and statistical graphics.