Fritz Scheuren

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Fritz Scheuren
Alma mater Tufts University
George Washington University
Known for Statistics
AwardsShiskin Award in Economic Statistics
Scientific career
Fields Statistician
Institutions National Opinion Research Center, Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Economic Opportunity

Fritz J. Scheuren is an American statistician known for his work on human rights, record linkage, and administrative records. He was president of the American Statistical Association in 2011. [1]

Scheuren is a vice president of the National Opinion Research Center.

Scheuren was a coauthor, with Thomas Herzog and William Winkler, of the 1997 book, Data Quality and Record Linkage Techniques (Springer, 1997). [2] He co-edited the book Statistical Methods for Human Rights with David L. Banks and Jana Asher. [3]

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References

  1. Megan Murphy. Fritz Scheuren: Human Rights Volunteer and Mensch. Amstat News, 1 Sept 2011
  2. Herzog, Thomas N.; Scheuren, Fritz J.; Winkler, William E. (2007). Data quality and record linkage techniques. Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-69505-1.
  3. Jana Asher, David L. Banks, and Fritz J. Scheuren (eds). 2008. Statistical Methods for Human Rights. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-72836-0. Reviews of Statistical Methods for Human Rights: