Cristina Parel

Cristina Parel
DiedApril 10, 2011
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines
University of Michigan
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
Thesis A Matrix Derivation of Generalized Least Squares Linear Regression with All Variables Subject to Error

Cristina Perlas Parel (died April 10, 2011) was a Filipina statistician, the first Filipino to earn a doctorate in statistics, the former dean of the Statistical Center at the University of the Philippines, and at the time of her death the only professor emeritus of statistics at the University of the Philippines. She was president of the Philippine Statistical Association in 1966 and 1969, the first female president of the association.