Nico Nagelkerke | |
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Born | Nicolaas Jan Dirk Nagelkerke 1951 (age 73–74) [1] |
Nationality | Dutch |
Education | University of Leiden University of Amsterdam |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biostatistics Epidemiology |
Institutions | University of Leiden United Arab Emirates University |
Nicolaas Jan Dirk "Nico" Nagelkerke (born 1951) is a retired Dutch biostatistician and epidemiologist. He was a professor of biostatistics at the United Arab Emirates University and previously taught at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. [2] [3]
In 1991, he defined the Nagelkerke R-squared, an equation adjusting the Cox and Snell R-squared value to be comparable to the traditional coefficient of determination.