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Douglas G. Altman

British statistician (1948-2018)
Person human Q5300242

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
July 12, 1948
Date of death
June 3, 2018
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Oxford
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
statistician
Employer
University of Oxford[8]
Field of work
health statistics[7]
Educated at
University of Bath[9]
Award received
BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences[10][11][12]
Doctoral student
Adam Barnett Smith, Adaikalavan Ramasamy[15][16]
Cause of death
colorectal cancer[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Altman[18]
Given name
Doug[19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[22]
Manner of death
natural causes[20]
Member of
Royal Statistical Society[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Douglas G. Altman en D Altman en D. Altman en D G Altman en Douglas Graham Altman en D. G. Altman en Doug Altman en Douglas Altman en Douglas G Altman ar دوغ ألتمان da Doug Altman fa آلتمن، داگلاس جی. fi Douglas Altman fi D Altman fi D. Altman fi D G Altman fi D. G. Altman fi Douglas G Altman fi Douglas G. Altman ja D・G・アルトマン
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
0000000110423988
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7183-4083
VIAF cluster ID
19758008
Library of Congress authority ID
n86807748
GND ID
1103259199
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Doug altman.jpeg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90389656
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12376200d
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11216474
CiNii Research ID
1981993809654321418
DDB person (GND) ID
1103259199
Dimensions author ID
012465277217.06
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Freebase ID
/m/02q09vv
Gateway to Research person ID
05A30B83-B7B4-4010-AF9C-51C961A4808A
Google Scholar author ID
_QnLm3kAAAAJ
IdRef ID
032803273
KBR person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
96120
Medvik ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05307383
NDL Authority ID
00796837
NL CR AUT ID
mub2010607056
NLAI ID
2576
NSK (VIAF) ID
000050562
NSK ID
981005677841209366
NUKAT ID
n97001833
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007449952105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202161069
National Library of Latvia ID
000063353
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810655038205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068904576
Obálky knih ID
mub2010607056
Open Library ID
OL785649A
RERO ID (legacy)
A002922091
SHARE Catalogue author ID
103005
SNAC ARK ID
w6t854rf
ScholarGPS scholar ID
48522964413277
Wellcome Collection concept ID
utyfbjaa
Who's Who UK ID
U255998
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/6bac642e-c4f3-4553-8200-f02fbe802979
ZbMATH author ID
altman.douglas-graham

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🔗 Connections
Author of 15
CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised crossover trials, Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development: The COS-STAD recommendations, Core Outcome Set–STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement, COS-STAR: a reporting guideline for studies developing core outcome sets (protocol), Design choices for observational studies of the effect of exposure on disease incidence, Development process of a consensus-driven CONSORT extension for randomised trials using an adaptive design, Die TIDieR Checkliste und Anleitung – ein Instrument für eine verbesserte Interventionsbeschreibung und Replikation, Harms of outcome switching in reports of randomised trials: CONSORT perspective +7 more
← Authored by 15
CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised crossover trials, Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development: The COS-STAD recommendations, Core Outcome Set–STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement, COS-STAR: a reporting guideline for studies developing core outcome sets (protocol), Design choices for observational studies of the effect of exposure on disease incidence, Development process of a consensus-driven CONSORT extension for randomised trials using an adaptive design, Die TIDieR Checkliste und Anleitung – ein Instrument für eine verbesserte Interventionsbeschreibung und Replikation, Harms of outcome switching in reports of randomised trials: CONSORT perspective +7 more
Affiliated with 3
University of Oxford, University of Bristol, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Award received 2
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award
Cause of death 1
colorectal cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
University of Bath
Employer 1
University of Oxford
Family name 1
Altman
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of 1
Royal Statistical Society
Named after 1
Bland–Altman plot
Occupation 1
statistician
Place of birth 1
London
Place of death 1
Oxford
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Douglas G. Altman was born on July 12, 1948[1], in London[2]. He died on June 3, 2018[3], in Oxford[4]. He worked as a statistician[5].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Douglas G. Altman include Bland–Altman plot[23], a diagram[24].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Bland–Altman plot[23], a diagram[24].

FAQs

Where was Douglas G. Altman born?

Douglas G. Altman's place of birth was London[2].

Where did Douglas G. Altman die?

Douglas G. Altman passed away in Oxford[4].

What did Douglas G. Altman do for work?

Douglas G. Altman worked as a statistician[5].

Where did Douglas G. Altman go to school?

Douglas G. Altman was educated at University of Bath[9].

What awards did Douglas G. Altman receive?

Honors received include BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award[10], Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society[11], and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences[12].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom University of Bath

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved . acmedsci.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Given name → Doug
    Field of work → health statistics
    Doctoral student → Adam Barnett Smith, Adaikalavan Ramasamy
    Family name → Altman
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