Forrest W. Young Explained
| Forrest W. Young |
| Birth Date: | April 10, 1940 |
| Death Date: | 2006 |
| Fields: | Psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Alma Mater: | University of Southern California |
| Thesis Title: | A multidimensional similarities analysis of twelve choice probability learning with payoffs |
| Thesis Url: | https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USC_INST/hs9vaa/alma991023048649703731 |
| Thesis Year: | 1967 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Norman Cliff |
Forrest Wesley Young (April 10, 1940 – 2006) was a professor emeritus of quantitative psychology at the University of North Carolina and former President of the Psychometric Society.[1] He is the developer of ViSta a software for data visualization.[2]
Books
- Schiffman, S.S., Reynolds, M.L. & Young, F.W. (1981). Introduction to Multidimensional Scaling. New York: Academic Press.
- Young, F.W. & Sarle, W.S. (1982). Exploratory Multivariate Data Analysis. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc.
- Young, F.W. & Hamer, R.M. (1987). Multidimensional Scaling: History, Theory and Applications. New York: Erlbaum Associates. (reprinted, 1994)
Notes and References
- Web site: Past, Present and Incoming Presidents. psychometricsociety.org. Psychometric Society. 7 March 2017.
- The History of ViSta: The Visual Statistics System. Pedro . Valero-Mora. Rubén D.. Ledesma . Michael . Friendly. 1 May 2012 . WIREs Comput Stat. 4. 3. 295–306. 10.1002/wics.1203.
