= David Firth (statistician)
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David Firth is a prominent statistician known for his contributions to a variety of fields within statistics, including statistical theory, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian methods. He is particularly noted for developing Firth's bias reduction method, which is used to address issues of bias in maximum likelihood estimation, especially in situations where the sample size is small or the data are sparse. Firth's work emphasizes the application of robust statistical techniques in different domains, including medical statistics and epidemiology.
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