Jacob Cohen (statistician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Cohen (statistician)

American statistician

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1923

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1998

Profession: psychologist, university teacher, statistician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.