Ward Edwards
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Ward Edwards (1927–2005) was an American psychologist, prominent for work on decision theory and on the formulation and revision of beliefs.
Education
Edwards attended Swarthmore College and then received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University.
Awards
- Frank P. Ramsey Award from the Decision Analysis Society, 1988
- Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award in Applied Psychology, American Psychological Association 1996
- 2004 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences[1]
"The Association for Psychological Science named Ward Edwards as a James McKeen Cattell Fellow in recognition of his sustained and seminal contributions to the technology of decision making and to behavioral decision theory", James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, 1995.
Research
Edwards published more than one hundred journal articles and books including Decision Analysis and Behavioral Research and Utility Theories: Measurement and Applications. In the introduction to a Festschrift for Edwards, Barbara Mellers states [1]
- Decision Science and Technology is a compilation of chapters written in honor of a remarkable man, Ward Edwards. Among Ward's many contributions are two significant accomplishments, either of which would have been enough for a very distinguished career. First, Ward is the founder of behavioral decision theory. This interdisciplinary discipline addresses the question of how people actually confront decisions, as opposed to the question of how they should make decisions. Second, Ward laid the groundwork for sound normative systems by noticing which tasks humans can do well and which tasks computers should perform.
에드워즈는 1962년 베이지안 통계 방법과 아이디어를 의사결정 이론에 통합하고 적용할 목적으로 베이지안 연구 회의를 설립했다. 이 회의는 2005년 그를 기리기 위해 "Edwards Bayesian Research Conference"로 이름이 바뀌었다. 통계학에서 그는 에드워즈, 린드만, 새비지(1963년), 베이시안 통계 심리학 연구, 심리학 리뷰, 70(3), 193–242의 주 저자로 잘 알려져 있다. 본 기사에서는 '안정적 추정'이라는 개념을 소개했으며, Normal 모델에서 p-값이 0.05인 경우 베이즈 계수 0.26의 하한에 해당한다는 점에 처음으로 주목했다.
참조
- ^ Fellows: Alphabetical List, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, retrieved 2019-10-09
외부 링크
- 운영 연구 및 경영 과학 연구소의 워드 에드워즈 전기
