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Joyce Snell

E. Joyce Snell is a British statistician who taught in the mathematics department at Imperial College London. She is known for her work on residuals and ordered categorical data, and for her books on statistics.

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E. Joyce Snell (born 1930)1 is a British statistician who taught in the mathematics department at Imperial College London. She is known for her work on residuals and ordered categorical data, and for her books on statistics.

Books

Snell is the author or editor of:

  • Analysis of Binary Data (with David R. Cox, 1969; 2nd ed., Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1989)2
  • Applied Statistics: Principles and Examples (with David R. Cox, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1981)3
  • Applied Statistics: A Handbook of GENSTAT Analyses (with H. R. Simpson, 1982)4
  • Applied Statistics: A Handbook of BMDP Analyses (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1987)5
  • Statistical Theory and Modelling: in Honour of Sir David Cox, FRS (edited with David Hinkley and Nancy Reid, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 1991)6

Recognition

Snell was given the Chambers Medal of the Royal Statistical Society in 1986 "for her outstanding service to the Society", and in particular for her work organizing the 150th anniversary celebration for the society.7

References

References

  1. Birth year from VIAF authority control record, retrieved 2019-09-12
  2. Reviews of Analysis of Binary Data:
  3. Reviews of Applied Statistics: Principles and Examples:
  4. Reviews of Applied Statistics: A Handbook of GENSTAT Analyses:
  5. Reviews of Applied Statistics: A Handbook of BMDP Analyses:
  6. Reviews of Statistical Theory and Modelling:
  7. "Annual Report of the Council", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), 149 (4): 377–401, 1986, JSTOR 2981725