How Does a Statistician Raise an Army? The Time When John W. Tukey, a Team of Luminaries, and a Statistics Graduate Student Repaired the Vietnam Selective Service Lotteries

Tim Johnson; Christopher T. Dawes; Dalton Conley

doi:10.1080/00031305.2019.1677267

How Does a Statistician Raise an Army? The Time When John W. Tukey, a Team of Luminaries, and a Statistics Graduate Student Repaired the Vietnam Selective Service Lotteries

Tim Johnson, Christopher T. Dawes, Dalton Conley

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Abstract

Scholars have documented the failed randomization in 1969’s inaugural Vietnam Selective Service Lottery, but the story of how statisticians fixed that problem remains untold. Here, as the 50th anniversary of these events approaches, we recount how John W. Tukey, a team of statistical luminaries, and a graduate student from the University of Chicago repaired the draft lottery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	190-196
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Statistician
Volume	74
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2019.1677267
State	Published - Apr 2 2020

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Statistics and Probability
General Mathematics
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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Conscription
History of statistics
Physical randomization
Public policy
Randomization

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