Clifford Collier Clogg (October 16, 1949 – May 7, 1995) was an American sociologist, demographer, and statistician. He is best known for his contributions to population statistics, categorical data analysis, and latent class analysis.
Clifford C. Clogg | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 16, 1949 |
| Died | May 7, 1995 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Contributions to population statistics, categorical data analysis, and latent class analysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology, demographics, statistics |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
| Doctoral students | Eva Petkova |
Biography
editClogg was born in 1949 in Oberlin, Ohio. He earned a B.A. in sociology in 1971 from Ohio University, and continued his studies at the University of Chicago, where he earned an M.A. in sociology and an M.Sc. in statistics in 1974, and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1977. Starting in 1976 he served at the Pennsylvania State University faculty, rising to the rank of Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Professor of Statistics.[1][2]
He served as an editor of several journals, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Demography, Sociological Methodology, and the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.[1]
The Clifford C. Clogg Award of the Population Association of America,[3] the Clifford Clogg Award of the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association,[4] and the Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research[5] are named in his honor.
Selected publications
edit- Clogg, Clifford C. "Latent class models." Handbook of statistical modeling for the social and behavioral sciences. Springer US, 1995. 311-359.
- Clogg, Clifford C., Eva Petkova, and Adamantios Haritou. "Statistical methods for comparing regression coefficients between models." American Journal of Sociology (1995): 1261-1293.
- Clogg, Clifford C., and Leo A. Goodman. "Latent structure analysis of a set of multidimensional contingency tables." Journal of the American Statistical Association 79.388 (1984): 762-771.
- Clogg, Clifford C. "Some models for the analysis of association in multiway cross-classifications having ordered categories." Journal of the American Statistical Association 77.380 (1982): 803-815.
- Clogg, Clifford C., and Scott R. Eliason. "Some common problems in log-linear analysis." Sociological Methods & Research 16.1 (1987): 8-44.
- Clogg, Clifford C. "Latent structure models of mobility." American Journal of Sociology (1981): 836-868.
- Clogg, Clifford C. "Using association models in sociological research: Some examples." American Journal of Sociology (1982): 114-134.
References
edit- ^ a b Wolfgang Saxon (May 10, 1995). "Clifford C. Clogg, 45, Authority on Demographics". The New York Times.
- ^ Center Daily Times, May 9, 1995
- ^ Award Criteria and Past Recipients: Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement Population Association of America
- ^ American Sociological Association. Call for Nominations for the 2015 Methodology Section Clifford Clogg Award Archived 2015-08-02 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
