death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date article_title name alma_mater
31 march 1971 washington , d.c. townsville , australia 220px american statistics national research bureau of standards boyce thompson institute for plant 12 april 1900 william j. youden
 william john youden university of rochester
william j. youden

william john youden -lrb- april 12 , 1900 -- march 31 , 1971 -rrb- was a statistician who formulated new statistical techniques in statistical analysis and in designs for experimenters .
he developed the `` youden square '' , an incomplete block design developed from a 1937 paper , `` use of incomplete block replications in estimating tobacco mosaic virus '' .
he also helped to introduce the concept of restricted randomization , which he called constrained randomization .
the american statistical association bestows the w. j. youden award in interlaboratory testing to authors `` of publications that make outstanding contributions to the design and/or analysis of interlaboratory tests or describe ingenious approaches to the planning and evaluation of data from such tests . ''
the award is presented each year at the joint statistical meetings .
