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statGeneal: Academic statistics data

Description

This data set contains academic genealogical information from the Mathematics Genealogy Project, a web-based database serviced by the North Dakota State University Department of Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society. Specifically, this data set represents a subset of the Mathematical Genealogy Project that contains all the parent-child relationships where both parent and child received an advanced degree of statistics as of June 6, 2015.

Usage

data(statGeneal)

Arguments

Format

a RData instance, 1 row per each individual in the Mathematics Genealogy Project with an advanced degree in statistics. If the child had a parent who was also listed as having received an advanced degree in statistics in the Mathematics Genealogy project, then the row also contains the parental information.

Details

Academic statistics genealogical data

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  • child name of the individual who received an advanced degree in statistics
  • parent name of the individual who mentored the child and also received an advanced degree in statistics. If the child has no such parent, then this field is an empty string
  • year year the child received their advanced degree in statistics
  • country country from which the child received their advanced degree in statistics
  • school school from which the child received their advanced degree in statistics
  • thesis title of the thesis the child submitted to receive their advanced degree in statistics. If this information is not available, then this field is an empty string

References

North Dakota State University and American Mathematical Society (2010). The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Archived Web Site. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, Accessed on March 6, 2015, URL http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.