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Special contribution: Dr. Junbo Kim's contributions to the advancement of statistics in Korea and implications

특별기고: 국내 통계학계에 기여한 김준보 선생의 업적과 시사점

  • Choi, Jong Hoo (Division of Economics and Statistics, College of Public Policy, Korea University)
  • 최종후 (고려대학교 공공정책대학 경제통계학부)
  • Received : 2020.02.26
  • Accepted : 2020.05.01
  • Published : 2020.06.30

Abstract

The very first statistics department in Korean universities was founded in 1962, meaning it has been 57 years since Korean academia has regarded statistics as a wholly independent field of study. Dr. Junbo Kim was the first faculty member hired by Korea University's statistics department. He made a seminal contribution to the development and publication of statistics textbooks in those early years, and in 1971, spearheaded the efforts to found the Korean Statistical Society, serving as its first president. Naturally, Dr. Kim's significant contributions have laid the cornerstones for the advancement of statistics as an independent field of study in Korea. In this paper, I will explore two main subjects: one is the early history of the Korean Statistical Society with a special emphasis on Dr. Kim's contributions, and the other is an analytical overview his publications. Specifically, I will focus on Modern Statistics: A Synthesis of Statistics and Estimates』(Kim, 1954), and 『Inferential Statistics: An Introduction to Sample Survey and Experimental Design』(Kim, 1956).

국내 대학에 '통계학과'가 최초로 개설된 해는 1962년이니 국내 대학에 통계학이 독자적인 학문 영역으로 자리 잡은지 어언 57년이 지났다. 김준보 선생은 국내 대학 최초 통계학과인 고려대 통계학과에 처음으로 부임한 전임 교원으로 이 땅 통계학 여명기에 통계학 교재 저술에 힘썼으며, 또한 1971년 한국통계학회 창설을 주도하고 초대 회장을 맡아 국내에 통계학이 독자적 학문영역으로 자리매김 할 수 있는 초석을 마련하셨다. 본고에서는 두 가지 논의를 중심으로 연구한다. 하나는 한국통계학회 태동과 김준보 선생, 다른 하나는 이 땅 통계학 여명기에 선생이 저술한 통계학 분야 두 권의 책을 개관한다. 『현대통계학 : 통계와 추계의 종합체계』 (Kim, 1954), 『추측통계 : 표본조사와 실험계획법 입문』 (Kim, 1956)이 그것이다.

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