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79
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99539
World Ranking
151
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Samuel Kotz was affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within social sciences and psychology, with particular attention to experimental and cognitive psychology, education, mechanical engineering, demography, and developmental and educational psychology.

The work of Samuel Kotz covered various topics, notably:

  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Design Education and Practice
  • Evasion and Academic Success Factors
  • Chemistry Education and Research
  • Science and Education Research
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Teaching and Learning Programming

Recent scholarly papers included:

  • "Práticas de promoção à criatividade científica entre estudantes adolescentes: uma revisão sistemática," 2023, published in Linhas Críticas
  • "Creative performance in an educational robotics competition," 2025, published in Journal of Creativity
  • "Inteligência Artificial e Criatividade Humana: entre reflexo e reflexão," 2025, published in Dedica
  • "Creatividad, rendimiento académico y familia en la adolescencia: una revisión sistemática," 2025, published in Liberabit Revista Peruana de Psicología

Frequent coauthors included Asdrúbal Borges Formiga Sobrinho, Gabriel de Oliveira Jorge, Marina Silva Bicalho Rodrigues, Regenilson Veras Santos, and Marta Sáinz, reflecting a collaborative approach in research endeavors.

Samuel Kotz contributed to scholarly publications primarily through venues such as Linhas Críticas, Journal of Creativity, Dedica, and Liberabit Revista Peruana de Psicología.

An award noted in their career was being named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Continuous Multivariate Distributions

    Samuel Kotz;N. Balakrishnan;Norman Lloyd Johnson

  • Continuous Multivariate Distributions: Models and Applications

    Samuel Kotz;N. Balakrishnan;Norman L. Johnson

  • Continuous univariate distributions

    Norman Lloyd Johnson;Samuel Kotz;N. Balakrishnan

  • Univariate Discrete Distributions

    Richard M. Brugger;Norman L. Johnson;Samuel Kotz;Adrienne W. Kemp

  • Symmetric Multivariate and Related Distributions

    Kai-Tai Fang;Samuel Kotz;Kai Wang Ng

  • Distributions in Statistics: Continuous Multivariate Distributions.

    D. V. Gokhale;N. L. Johnson;S. Kotz

  • Extreme Value Distributions: Theory and Applications

    Samuel Kotz;Saralees Nadarajah

  • Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences

    Christian Kleiber;Samuel Kotz

  • Univariate Discrete Distributions: Johnson/Univariate Discrete Distributions

    Norman L. Johnson;Adrienne W. Kemp;Samuel Kotz

  • The Laplace Distribution and Generalizations: A Revisit with Applications to Communications, Economics, Engineering, and Finance

    Samuel Kotz;Tomaz J Kozubowski;Krzysztof Podgórski

  • Multivariate T-Distributions and Their Applications

    Samuel Kotz;Saralees Nadarajah

  • Discrete Multivariate Distributions

    Norman Lloyd Johnson;Samuel Kotz;N. Balakrishnan

  • Distributional and Inferential Properties of Process Capability Indices

    W. L. Pearn;Samuel Kotz;Norman L. Johnson

  • Correlation and dependence

    Dominique Drouet Mari;Samuel Kotz

  • The beta exponential distribution

    Saralees Nadarajah;Samuel Kotz

  • The Laplace Distribution and Generalizations

    Samuel Kotz;Tomaz J. Kozubowski;Krzysztof Podgórski

  • The stress-strength model and its generalizations : theory and applications

    Samuel Kotz;Yan Lumelskii;Marianna Pensky

  • The Meta-elliptical Distributions with Given Marginals

    Hong-Bin Fang;Kai-Tai Fang;Samuel Kotz

  • Urn Models and Their Application: An Approach to Modern Discrete Probability Theory.

    N. L. Johnson;S. Kotz

  • Univariate Discrete Distributions.

    S. Kocherlakota;N. L. Johnson;S. Kotz;A. W. Kemp

  • Process Capability Indices

    Samuel Kotz;Norman Lloyd Johnson

  • Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences 2.

    A. P. Dawid;S. Kotz;N. L. Johnson;C. B. Read

  • Continuous Univariate Distributions.Vol. 1@@@Continuous Univariate Distributions.Vol. 2

    S. Kocherlakota;N. L. Johnson;S. Kotz;N. Balakrishnan

  • Discrete Multivariate Distributions

    H. Papageorgiou;N. L. Johnson;S. Kotz;N. Balakrishnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman L. Johnson
Norman L. Johnson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Saralees Nadarajah
Saralees Nadarajah University of Manchester
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan McMaster University
Wen Lea Pearn
Wen Lea Pearn National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Kai-Tai Fang
Kai-Tai Fang Beijing Normal University
Guillermina Jasso
Guillermina Jasso New York University
Min Xie
Min Xie City University of Hong Kong
A. P. Dawid
A. P. Dawid University of Cambridge
Donald Guthrie
Donald Guthrie University of California, Los Angeles
Nozer D. Singpurwalla
Nozer D. Singpurwalla George Washington University

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