I spent this past Saturday at a symposium for the centennial of William G. Cochran, one of my erstwhile department's co-founders, and I wasn't disappointed in the least. The impact he's had, both on the discipline and the world, appears to be vast; the suggestion that his work on the effects of smoking has saved millions of lives is an idea I'll eventually follow up on in detail.
After all I've learned about the diversity of his background, he also appears to be a highly positive case of Doctor No.
The Harvard Gazette has a nice write-up of the event, To those who want a long look at what he did, I strongly recommend The Planning of Observational Studies of Human Populations, a paper I'm ready to classify as being timeless.
After all I've learned about the diversity of his background, he also appears to be a highly positive case of Doctor No.
The Harvard Gazette has a nice write-up of the event, To those who want a long look at what he did, I strongly recommend The Planning of Observational Studies of Human Populations, a paper I'm ready to classify as being timeless.