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William Sealy Gosset
William Sealy Gosset was a famous English statistician. He worked for Guinness brewery in Ireland.
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He created new ways to analyze small sets of data. He wrote his findings under the name "Student". His most famous work is the "Student's t-distribution".[1]
Life
[change | change source]William was born in Canterbury, England.
He went to school at Winchester College and then studied natural sciences and mathematics at New College, Oxford.
He had three kids: Harry, Bertha Marian, and Ruth.
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Work
[change | change source]At the brewery, William made new ways to test and improve beer quality using statistics. He learned these methods by studying, trying different things, and working with other experts.[2] He wrote about his findings, but because of a rule at Guinness, he couldn't use his real name or mention beer.
So, he wrote under the name "Student". This is why his famous "t-distribution" is called "Student's" instead of "Goss