Jerzy Spława-Neyman (April 16, 1894 – August 5, 1981; Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈspwava ˈnɛjman]) was a Polish mathematician and statistician who first introduced the modern concept of a confidence interval into statistical hypothesis testing [2] and, with Egon Pearson, revised Ronald Fisher's null hypothesis testing.

Receiving a Rockefeller Fellowship to work with Karl Pearson in London, he arrived there in September 1925 but was disappointed to discover that Pearson was ignorant of modern mathematics. He did however become friendly with Egon Pearson , Karl Pearson 's son.

Neyman studied under Karl Pearson while in London. He also made contacts with Egon Pearson, R. A. Fisher, and W. S. Gosset while at University College. By 1934, Karl Pearson had retired and his department was divided between his son Egon and Fisher. Egon invited Neyman to work with him. They worked on the theory of testing hypotheses.

admired. It was Bernstein who encouraged Jerzy Neyman to read Karl Pearson’s “the Grammar of Science.” Neyman read the book and the book inspired him to take an interest in statistical ideas. After completing undergraduate studies, Neyman became a lecturer at Kharkov University, teaching advanced algebra, integration and set theory.

These papers were part of the reason Neyman visited Karl Pearson at University College London (UCL) where he met Egon Pearon and began corresponding with him and later moved to London to join the faculty at UCL. In 1937, he visited and lectured at …

2023年8月14日 · Neyman was one of the towering figures in the rise of 20th century mathematical statistics, contributing to the theory of statistical experimentation and sample surveys, but especially to the development of the formal theory of tests and confidence intervals.

JERZY NEYMAN knowledged the influence of Bernstein from whom he "tried to acquire his tendency of concentrating on some 'big prob­ lem'." It was also Bernstein who introduced him to Karl Pearson's Grammar of Science, which made a deep impres­ sion. Mter the first World War, Poland regained its inde­

1925 visit to University College London, to work in Karl Pearson’s (q.v.) Laboratory. There Neyman began a decade-long collaboration with Pearson’s son, Egon (q.v.), a collaboration which yielded the formal theory of tests of hy-potheses and also led to Neyman’s subsequent invention of confidence in-tervals.

Jerzy Neyman, the last of the great founders of modern statistics, died after a brief illness on August 5, 1981, at the age of 87. He worked actively in his science to the end. Neyman was born in Bendery, Russia, on April 16, 1894.

2017年4月16日 · Receiving a Rockefeller Fellowship to work with Karl Pearson in London, he arrived there in September 1925 but was disappointed to discover that Pearson was ignorant of modern mathematics. He continued to travel to Paris, where he attended lectures by Borel ,[ 7 ] Lebesgue and Hadamard [ 8 ] and his interests began to move back towards sets ...