William Gemmell Cochran
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William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Gemmell Cochran canonical | 2 |
| William G. Cochran | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9486384 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gemmell Cochran Context triple: [Cochran, hasNotableBearer, William Gemmell Cochran]
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Robert Alexander Cochran
Robert Alexander Cochran is the birth name of American film and television actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
John Ernest Dunn
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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C.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
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D.
C. Donald Cook
C. Donald Cook was an American businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the financial industry and civic contributions, and is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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E.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gemmell Cochran Target entity description: William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
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A.
Robert Alexander Cochran
Robert Alexander Cochran is the birth name of American film and television actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
John Ernest Dunn
John Ernest Dunn was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of JE Dunn Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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C.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
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D.
C. Donald Cook
C. Donald Cook was an American businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the financial industry and civic contributions, and is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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E.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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academic ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
design of experiments in agriculture
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development of survey sampling as a scientific discipline ⓘ observational study methodology ⓘ theory of sampling from finite populations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Iowa State College ⓘ North Carolina State College ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina State University
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| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Cochran ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
analysis of variance
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applied statistics ⓘ biostatistics ⓘ experimental design ⓘ sampling theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ survey methodology ⓘ |
| fullName | William Gemmell Cochran ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
agricultural statistics
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biostatistics ⓘ mathematical statistics ⓘ |
| influenced | generations of applied statisticians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jerzy Neyman
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Ronald Aylmer Fisher ⓘ
linked to:
Ronald A. Fisher
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| knownFor |
contributions to modern statistical theory
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development of sampling techniques ⓘ foundational contributions to experimental design ⓘ work on analysis of covariance ⓘ work on randomized block designs ⓘ work on stratified sampling ⓘ work on survey sampling ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Frederick Mosteller
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linked to:
Fred Mosteller
John W. Tukey ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Experimental Designs
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Planning and Analysis of Observational Studies ⓘ Sampling Techniques ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health
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professor of statistics ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ames, Iowa
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
Raleigh
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Subject: William Gemmell Cochran Description of subject: William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: William Gemmell Cochran