Nicholas Horton Explained

Nicholas (Nick) Horton is an American statistics professor and author. He is the Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society at Amherst College.[1] In 2022, he began a 3-year term as the vice president of the American Statistical Association.[2]

Education

Horton completed his A.B. at Harvard College and his Sc.D. at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Work

Horton has written multiple books focusing on R and SAS.[3] He is also an author in the fields of statistics education and missing data. He is one of the authors of the GAISE guidelines.[4] With Ben Baumer and Daniel Kaplan, he is the author of Modern Data Science with R.[5] Other notable works include:

He is an editor for the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (JSDSE).[8]

Awards

Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[9]

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[10]

Personal life

Horton resides in Northampton, Massachusetts with his wife, Julia Riseman.[11] The two are advocates for bicycle trails.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horton, Nicholas J. Faculty & Staff Amherst College. 2021-04-05. www.amherst.edu. en.
  2. News: Alumnus Nick Horton Elected ASA Vice President . October 13, 2023.
  3. Book: Kleinman, Ken. SAS and R: data management, statistical analysis, and graphics. 2014. Nicholas J. Horton. 978-1-4665-8450-1. 2nd. Boca Raton. 881692641.
  4. Web site: Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education Reports. 2021-05-17. www.amstat.org.
  5. Book: Baumer, Benjamin S.. Modern data science with R. 2021. Daniel T. Kaplan, Nicholas J. Horton. 978-0-367-19149-8. 2nd. Boca Raton. 1245354400.
  6. Goldstein. Jill M.. Seidman. Larry J.. Horton. Nicholas J.. Makris. Nikos. Kennedy. David N.. Caviness. Verne S. Jr. Faraone. Stephen V.. Tsuang. Ming T.. 2001-06-01. Normal Sexual Dimorphism of the Adult Human Brain Assessed by In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cerebral Cortex. 11. 6. 490–497. 10.1093/cercor/11.6.490. 11375910. 1047-3211. free.
  7. Horton. Nicholas J.. Kleinman. Ken P.. 2007-02-01. Much ado about nothing: A comparison of missing data methods and software to fit incomplete data regression models. The American Statistician. 61. 1. 79–90. 10.1198/000313007X172556. 0003-1305. 1839993. 17401454.
  8. Web site: 2022-02-01 . Meet the ASA's 2022 Incoming Editors Amstat News . 2022-03-06 . en-US.
  9. News: American Statistical Association Names 48 Fellows for 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630172941/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9494097.htm. dead. June 30, 2018. 2021-04-05. PRWeb.
  10. Web site: 2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-04-05. www.aaas.org. en.
  11. News: Dunau. Bera. 2019-08-31. A new dawn for rail? Valley Flyer pilot makes its debut. Amherst Bulletin.
  12. News: Kohout. George. 2016-01-06. George Kohout: Recognizing two unsung heroes of Northampton trails, greenways. Daily Hampshire Gazette.

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