David S. Moore

David S. Moore is an American statistician, who is known for his leadership of statistics education for many decades.

In statistics education, David S. Moore is the author of a series of influential textbooks in statistical science, which use only high school algebra: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (with George McCabe), of An Introduction to the Basic Practice of Statistics, and of Statistics: Concepts and Controversies.

In statistical science, David S. Moore has done research in the asymptotic theory of robust and nonparametric statistics.

David S. Moore is now Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus at Purdue University.

References

• Introduction to the Practice of Statistics with George McCabe.
• The Basic Practice of Statistics.
• Statistics: Concepts and Controversies.
• Moore, David S (Jan. 1988). "Should Mathematicians Teach Statistics?". The College Mathematics Journal 19 (1): 3–7. doi:10.2307/2686686. JSTOR 2686686. 
• Cobb, George W. and Moore, David S (Nov. 1997). "Mathematics, Statistics, and Teaching". The American Mathematical Monthly 104 (9): 801–823. doi:10.2307/2975286. JSTOR 2975286. 
• Moore, David S.; Cobb, George W. (August–September 2000). "Statistics and Mathematics: Tension and Cooperation". The American Mathematical Monthly 107 (7): 615–630. doi:10.2307/2589117. JSTOR 2589117. MR1543690. 

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