Daniel Goodman Horvitz (March 4, 1921 – June 1, 2008)[1] was an American survey statistician, best known for the eponymous Horvitz-Thompson estimator.
[1][3] Horvitz (together with Donovan J. Thompson) co-authored in 1952 a research paper that introduced what was later called the Horvitz-Thompson estimator.
[1] In 1962, he joined the Research Triangle Institute (today RTI International), rising to executive vice president in 1983.
[1] During his time with RTI, Horvitz was involved in the design of several large scale survey projects, e.g. the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and contributed to the advancement of the Randomized Response technique to achieve reliable survey estimates for sensitive questions.
[8] He died June 1, 2008, in Boca Raton, Florida, and was survived by his children Barbara, Gary and Paul.