Nico Nagelkerke
Dutch biostatistician
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Nicolaas Jan Dirk "Nico" Nagelkerke (born 1951) is a retired Dutch biostatistician and epidemiologist. He was a professor of biostatistics at the United Arab Emirates University and previously taught at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.[2][3]
Born
1951 (age 74–75)[1]
Nicolaas Jan Dirk Nagelkerke
1951 (age 74–75)[1]
Nico Nagelkerke | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicolaas Jan Dirk Nagelkerke 1951 (age 74–75)[1] |
| Education | University of Leiden University of Amsterdam |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biostatistics Epidemiology |
| Workplaces | University of Leiden United Arab Emirates University |
In 1991, he defined the Nagelkerke R-squared, an equation adjusting the Cox and Snell R-squared value to be comparable to the traditional coefficient of determination.
