Richard A. Berk

American sociologist and statistician
Person Human Q61987203

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Position held
professor emeritus (2006–2021), professor emeritus (2006–2021)
Educated at
Johns Hopkins University (?–1970), Yale University (?–1964)
Doctoral advisor
Peter H. Rossi[12]
Doctoral student
Weihua Huang, Yan He[22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Academic appointment
Northwestern University Department of Sociology (1970–1976), Northwestern University Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research (1973–1976), University of California Santa Barbara Department of Sociology (1976–1987), University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Statistics and Applied Probability (1986–1987), UCLA Department of Sociology (1988–2006), UCLA Department of Statistics (1997–2006), University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology (2006–2021), Wharton Department of Statistics and Data Science (2006–2021)
Family name
Berk[24]
Given name
Richard[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Richard A. Berk en Richard Berk
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
57888279
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79056124
GND ID
142027235
Curriculum vitae URL
crim.sas.upenn.edu
DDB person (GND) ID
142027235
IdRef ID
073555665
J9U entity ID
987007436999805171
MR Author ID
713782
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
106751
NL CR AUT ID
vse2013768810
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NUKAT ID
n2008121837
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068495617
Parsifal cluster ID
689228
SHARE Catalogue author ID
558720
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJd3RPXyMHgwY6dWThfKBP

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Summary

Richard A. Berk has worked as a sociologist[1], statistician[2], university teacher[3], and criminologist[4].

FAQs

What did Richard A. Berk do for work?

Richard A. Berk worked as a sociologist[1], statistician[2], university teacher[3], and criminologist[4].

What awards did Richard A. Berk receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[13], Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award[14], and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[15].

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  1. [21] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . soc.ucla.edu. Retrieved . soc.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . crim.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved . crim.sas.upenn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . crim.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved . crim.sas.upenn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . asanet.org. asanet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . curriculum vitae. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . curriculum vitae. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . curriculum vitae. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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