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    • John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term bit and the first pu… See more

    Biography

    Tukey was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1915, to a Latin teacher father and a private tutor. He was … See more

    Scientific contributions

    Early in his career Tukey worked on developing statistical methods for computers at Bell Labs, where he invented the term bit in 1947.
    His statistical interests were many and varied. He i… See more

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    BornJune 16, 1915 · New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
    DiedJuly 26, 2000 (aged 85) · New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
    EducationBrown University (BA, MS) · Princeton University (PhD)
    Known forExploratory data analysis · Multiple comparisons problem · Projection pursuit · Box plot · Blackman–Tukey transformation · Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm · Freeman–Tukey transformation · Siegel–Tukey test · Stone–Tukey theorem · Tukey–Duckworth test · Tukey's range test · Tukey lambda distribution · Tukey's trimean · Tukey's test of additivity · Tukey's lemma · Tukey mean difference plot · Tukey median · Tukey depth · Tukey's biweight function · Tukey's fences · Tukey window · Cepstrum · Flexagon · Median polish · Midhinge · Slash distribution · Theory of conjoint measurement · Coining the term 'bit' · Scagnostics
    Coining the term bit

    While working with John von Neumann on early computer designs, Tukey introduced the word bit as a portmanteau of binary digit. The term bit was first used in an article by Claude Shannon in 1948. See more

    Publications

    • Andrews, David F.; Bickel, Peter J.; Hampel, Frank R.; Huber, Peter J.; Rogers, W. H.; Tukey, John Wilder (1972). Robust estimates of location: survey and advances. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08113-7… See more

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    What did John Wilder Tukey do?
    John Wilder Tukey (/ ˈtuːki /; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name.

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    Why was John Tukey important?
    John Tukey ushered in a new era of statistics. He questioned the Fisherian assumptions of regular uncertainty and gave us insights into the irregularity of the real world. His life's work consisted largely of discovering how to collect and analyse data.

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    What did John Tukey do after WW2?
    During World War II, Tukey worked at the Fire Control Research Office and collaborated with Samuel Wilks and William Cochran. After the war, he returned to Princeton, dividing his time between the university and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He became a full professor at 35 and founding chairman of the Princeton statistics department in 1965.

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    How did John Tukey contribute to data science?
    John Tukey contributed greatly to statistical practice and data analysis in general. In fact, some regard John Tukey as the father of data science. At the very least, he pioneered many of the key foundations of what came later to be known as data science.

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    What were Tukey's methods?
    Tukey's range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, Tukey's test of additivity and Tukey's lemma all bear his name. He is also the creator of several little-known methods such as the trimean and median-median line, an easier alternative to linear regression . In 1974, he developed, with Jerome H. Friedman, the concept of the projection pursuit.

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    Why did John Tukey go to school?
    John Tukey's parents, Ralph H Tukey and Adah M Tukey, recognised that John had great potential while he was still only a child, so they arranged for him to be educated at home rather than in school. This was possible since his parents were themselves secondary school teachers who were trained in classics.

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