Arnold Zellner.

Arnold Zellner (born January 2, 1927) is an American economist and statistician specializing in the fields of bayesian probability and econometrics. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of bayesian analysis and econometric modeling. January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... For Wikipedia statistics, see m:Statistics Statistics is the science and practice of developing human knowledge through the use of empirical data expressed in quantitative form. ... In the philosophy of mathematics Bayesianism is the tenet that the mathematical theory of probability is applicable to the degree to which a person believes a proposition. ... Econometrics literally means economic measurement. It is a combination of mathematical economics and statistics. ... Bayesian inference is statistical inference in which probabilities are interpreted not as frequencies or proportions or the like, but rather as degrees of belief. ... Econometric models are used by economists to find standard relationships among aspects of the macroeconomy and use those relationships to predict the effects of certain events (like government policies) on inflation, unemployment, growth, etc. ...

He earned his A.B. in physics from Harvard University in 1949 and his Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley in 1957. He holds honorary degrees from the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain, the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in Portugal, the University of Kiel in Germany, and the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor In the social sciences, economics is the study of human choice behavior and how it effects the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce resources. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ... The Autonomous University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM) came into being in 1968 when it had 5 main departments: Science; Political Science; Economics; Law; and Philosophy. ... The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa) was created in 1930 in Lisbon, as a confederation of older schools, and comprises, nowadays, the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine; Agricultural Sciences; Economics and Business Administration; Engineering, Social and Political Sciences; Architecture; and Human Kinetics. ... The University of Kiel, in full the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (in short: CAU), is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. ... As one of the world’s top business schools, RSM Erasmus University is a centre of excellence and innovation for management education and research. ...

He is currently H.G.B. Alexander Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He was the founder of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis and also served as president of the American Statistical Association in 1991. The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society in the United States with the stated mission to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor. ...

References

• An Interview with Arnold Zellner (2004), Kathy Morrissey

External links

• Arnold Zellner's webpage
• ET Interviews: Professor Arnold Zellner on the Econometric Theory page.
• International Society for Bayesian Analysis