George Bohrnstedt
George William Bohrnstedt (born September 28, 1938, Arcadia, WI) is an American sociologist, statistician, and education researcher.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bohrnstedt received his PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966[2] under the supervision of Edgar F. Borgatta.[3] He spent most of his 20-year academic career at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Indiana University-Bloomington and was chair of the Department of Sociology at both universities.[4][2] In 1988 he moved to the American Institutes for Research where he was active as Senior Vice-president and Institute Fellow until his retirement in March of 2025.[5]
One of his statistics articles "On the exact covariance of products of random variables" (with Arthur S. Goldberger)[6] which appeared in the Journal of the American Statistical Association has been cited in research articles in areas as diverse as psychology, chemistry, electrical engineering, forestry, operations research, and genetics.[7]
His textbook Statistics for Social Data Analysis co-authored with David Knoke (and Alicia Potter Mee for the 4th edition) is widely cited and was used in the teaching of upper level first year graduate level statistics courses.[7][8] He also co-edited Sociological Methodology: 1969 with Edgar F. Borgatta) and the two of them were also the founding editors of Sociological Methods and Research[4][1]. He was also served the editor of Social Psychology Quarterly from 1979 to 1982.[1][4]
Bohrnstedt was also the leader and clarinetist with the Riverboat Ramblers,[9] a popular traditional band that regularly played venues in the Madison, Milwaukee, and Lake Geneva areas of Wisconsin in the 1960s.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "George Bohrnstedt". American Institutes for Research. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ a b "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Borgatta, Edgar F.; Bohrnstedt, George W. (1966). "Elementary Forms of the Quick Word Test". The Journal of Experimental Education. 35 (2): 57–61. doi:10.1080/00220973.1966.11010985. ISSN 0022-0973.
- ^ a b c "Bohrnstedt, George W." SAGE Publications Inc. 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "George Bohrnstedt". American Institutes for Research. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Bohrnstedt, George W.; Goldberger, Arthur S. (December 1969). "On the Exact Covariance of Products of Random Variables". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64 (328): 1439–1442. doi:10.1080/01621459.1969.10501069. ISSN 0162-1459.
- ^ a b "George Bohrnstedt". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "George W. Bohrnstedt | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences". casbs.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ jazzfesztivalhu (2010-05-28). Riverboat Ramblers 2008 - Track13. Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via YouTube.
- ^ The Riverboat Ramblers - Up The Creek With The Riverboat Ramblers, 1968, retrieved 2024-12-17
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