David Cox

David Cox was a renowned British statistician known for his influential work in statistics, especially in survival analysis and proportional hazards models. His most famous contribution, the Cox proportional hazards model, allows researchers to examine how various factors affect the time until an event, like death or failure, while accounting for other variables. This model is widely used in medicine, engineering, and social sciences to understand complex data. Cox’s work has significantly shaped modern statistical methods, and he is regarded as a pioneer who bridged theoretical concepts with practical applications.