Louis Leon Thurstone
1887
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1955
country of citizenship: United States of America
occupation: psychologist, university teacher, engineer
award received: Fellow of the American Statistical Association
position held: President of the American Psychological Association
Louis Leon Thurstone (29 May 1887 – 29 September 1955) was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thurstone as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, James J. Gibson, David Rumelhart, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Woodworth. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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