COPSS Award
E933489
The COPSS Award is a prestigious honor in statistics, often likened to a "Nobel Prize in Statistics," recognizing outstanding contributions to the field by a young statistician.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| COPSS Presidents' Award | 2 |
| COPSS Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11560489 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: COPSS Award Context triple: [Grace Wahba, awardReceived, COPSS Award]
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A.
Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award
The Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award is a prestigious honor in statistics recognizing outstanding contributions to statistical research and leadership.
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B.
Jerzy Neyman Medal
The Jerzy Neyman Medal is a prestigious award in statistics named in honor of the influential statistician Jerzy Neyman.
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C.
Lester R. Ford Award
The Lester R. Ford Award is a prestigious prize given by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository writing in mathematics.
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D.
Chauvenet Prize
The Chauvenet Prize is a prestigious mathematical award given by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository writing in mathematics.
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E.
Blackwell–Tapia Prize
The Blackwell–Tapia Prize is a mathematics award recognizing outstanding research contributions and efforts to promote diversity and underrepresented groups in the mathematical sciences.
- 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: COPSS Award Target entity description: The COPSS Award is a prestigious honor in statistics, often likened to a "Nobel Prize in Statistics," recognizing outstanding contributions to the field by a young statistician.
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A.
Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award
The Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award is a prestigious honor in statistics recognizing outstanding contributions to statistical research and leadership.
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B.
Jerzy Neyman Medal
The Jerzy Neyman Medal is a prestigious award in statistics named in honor of the influential statistician Jerzy Neyman.
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C.
Lester R. Ford Award
The Lester R. Ford Award is a prestigious prize given by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository writing in mathematics.
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D.
Chauvenet Prize
The Chauvenet Prize is a prestigious mathematical award given by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository writing in mathematics.
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E.
Blackwell–Tapia Prize
The Blackwell–Tapia Prize is a mathematics award recognizing outstanding research contributions and efforts to promote diversity and underrepresented groups in the mathematical sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early-career research award
ⓘ
statistics award ⓘ |
| acronymOfPresenter | COPSS ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nobel Prize in Statistics
ⓘ
linked to:
International Prize in Statistics
Nobel Prize of Statistics ⓘ
linked to:
International Prize in Statistics
|
| announcedAt |
Joint Statistical Meetings
ⓘ
major statistical meetings ⓘ |
| awardType | individual award ⓘ |
| category |
mathematics and statistics award
ⓘ
science and technology award ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| domain | statistical science ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
outstanding contributions to statistics
ⓘ
research excellence ⓘ young statistician ⓘ |
| field | statistics ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| goal |
encourage high-quality statistical research
ⓘ
recognize outstanding young statisticians ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
award citation
ⓘ
public lecture or presentation ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing young leaders in statistics ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
COPSS Presidents' Award
ⓘ
linked to:
COPSS Award
|
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion |
impact on the field of statistics
ⓘ
influence on statistical practice ⓘ influence on statistical theory ⓘ originality of research ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | committee review ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
American Statistical Association
ⓘ
Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR) ⓘ
linked to:
International Biometric Society
Institute of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ International Biometric Society ⓘ Statistical Society of Canada ⓘ |
| status | prestigious ⓘ |
| targetCommunity |
professional statisticians
ⓘ
statistical researchers ⓘ |
| typicalAwardeeRole |
academic statistician
ⓘ
research statistician ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: COPSS Award Description of subject: The COPSS Award is a prestigious honor in statistics, often likened to a "Nobel Prize in Statistics," recognizing outstanding contributions to the field by a young statistician.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: COPSS Award
linked to: COPSS Award