Nell Sedransk is an American statistician who directed the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). [1] [2] She continues to work at NISS, [3] and is a research professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. [4] Her research interests include Bayesian inference and experimental design for complex experiments, and includes participation in a study of reading comprehension. [5]
Sedransk earned her Ph.D. from Iowa State University. [1] Her 1969 dissertation was Contributions to discriminant analysis. [6] Before joining the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in 2005, [1] she was a professor of statistics at Case Western Reserve University and then, since 2000, the Chief of the Statistical Engineering Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. [7] She directed NISS from 2015 to 2017. [3]
In 2002 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association; her husband, Joseph Sedransk, had achieved the same honor in 1981. [8] She is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. [2]
Nell Sedransk is an American statistician who directed the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). [1] [2] She continues to work at NISS, [3] and is a research professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. [4] Her research interests include Bayesian inference and experimental design for complex experiments, and includes participation in a study of reading comprehension. [5]
Sedransk earned her Ph.D. from Iowa State University. [1] Her 1969 dissertation was Contributions to discriminant analysis. [6] Before joining the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in 2005, [1] she was a professor of statistics at Case Western Reserve University and then, since 2000, the Chief of the Statistical Engineering Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. [7] She directed NISS from 2015 to 2017. [3]
In 2002 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association; her husband, Joseph Sedransk, had achieved the same honor in 1981. [8] She is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. [2]