Michael Friendly
Michael Friendly | |
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Photo mosaic of Michael Friendly, composed of image tiles from the history of data visualization | |
| Born | May 7, 1945 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | mosaic plot |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, data visualization, statistics |
| Institutions | York University, Toronto |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Gulliksen |
Michael Louis Friendly (born 1945) is an American-Canadian psychologist, Professor of Psychology at York University in Ontario, Canada, and director of its Statistical Consulting Service, especially known for his contributions to graphical methods for categorical and multivariate data, and on the history of data and information visualisation.