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Paul Lazarsfeld
Austrian-American sociologist.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Austrian-American sociologist.
Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) was an Austrian-American sociologist and mathematician. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social research. "It is not so much that he was an American sociologist," one colleague said of him after his death, "as it was that he determined what American sociology would be." Lazarsfeld said that his goal was "to produce Paul Lazarsfelds". He was a founding figure in 20th-century empirical sociology.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Austrian-American sociologist.
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honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
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Fellow of the American Statistical Association
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honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University of Vienna · University of Paris · University of Pittsburgh · Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · National Academy of Sciences
Leadership and official positions
President of the American Sociological Association
Education
University of Vienna · Akademisches Gymnasium
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