Cristina Parel
Cristina Parel | |
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| Died | April 10, 2011 |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| 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.