For five decades, David Cox was one of the few rock stars in the world of statistics.
Dr. Cox, who died Jan. 18 at the age of 97, made numerous contributions to the field but was best known for a 1972 paper providing ways to simplify and improve the analysis of data collected over time to measure such things as how different people respond to a medication.
Mind the paywall statpumpkin
I've mistakenly thought for long that he's the one behind the famous COX-ROSS-RUBINSTEIN model... RIP, Professor.
myPOV: RIP. an amazing mind.
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