Friedhelm Eicker
Friedhelm Eicker (5 April 1927 – 19 March 2022) was a German statistician and former professor at the University of Dortmund. He is known for his contributions in the development of heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors.[1]
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| Born | 5 April 1927 Radevormwald, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Died | 19 March 2022 (aged 94) |
| Alma mater | University of Mainz |
| Known for | Heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors |
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| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Dortmund |
| Thesis | Statistische Theorie der Phasenumwandlung von Paraffinkristallen: Unter Berücksichtigung der Molekülverdrillung bei mittlerer Kettenlänge (1956) |
| Doctoral students | Thomas Royen |
| Website | www |
A native of Radevormwald, Eicker earned his PhD from the University of Mainz in 1956.[2]
References
- Eicker, Friedhelm (1967). "Limit Theorems for Regression with Unequal and Dependent Errors". Proceedings of the Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability. Vol. 5. University of California Press. pp. 59–82. MR 0214223. Zbl 0217.51201.
- Friedhelm Eicker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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