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Nico Nagelkerke

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Nico Nagelkerke
Born
Nicolaas Jan Dirk Nagelkerke

1951 (age 73–74)[1]
NationalityDutch
EducationUniversity of Leiden
University of Amsterdam
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics
Epidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Leiden
United Arab Emirates University

Nicolaas Jan Dirk "Nico" Nagelkerke (born 1951) is a retired Dutch biostatistician and epidemiologist. He was a professor of biostatistics at the United Arab Emirates University and previously taught at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.[2][3]

In 1991, he defined the Nagelkerke R-squared, an equation adjusting the Cox and Snell R-squared value to be comparable to the traditional coefficient of determination.

References

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  1. ^ a b "N.J.D. Nagelkerke, 1951-". Album Academicum. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. ^ Nagelkerke, Nico J. D. (2012). Courtesans and Consumption. Eburon Uitgeverij B.V. p. 221. ISBN 9789059726031.
  3. ^ "Collaborators". Manitoba HIV Research Group. Retrieved 2019-03-13.