Edward Jones (statistician)
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Edward Davis Jones was a U.S. statistician
, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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A graduate of Worcester Academy
in Worcester, MA, he co-founded the Dow Jones & Company
in 1882 along with Charles Dow
and Charles Bergstresser
.
He was not associated with Edward Jones Investments
, a company that was founded by a different, unrelated Edward Jones
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, mostly known for being the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
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A graduate of Worcester Academy
Worcester Academy
Worcester Academy is an independent coeducational preparatory school spread over in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States. The school is divided into a middle school, serving approximately 150 students in grades six to eight, and an upper school, serving approximately 500 students in...
in Worcester, MA, he co-founded the Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately...
in 1882 along with Charles Dow
Charles Dow
Charles Henry Dow was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser....
and Charles Bergstresser
Charles Bergstresser
Charles Milford Bergstresser was an American journalist and, with Charles Dow and Edward Jones, one of the founders of Dow Jones & Company at 15 Wall Street in 1882....
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He was not associated with Edward Jones Investments
Edward Jones Investments
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., since 1995 simplified as Edward Jones is a financial services firm headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri which serves investment clients in the United States and Canada, through its branch network of more than 12,000 locations. The firm focuses solely on individual...
, a company that was founded by a different, unrelated Edward Jones
Edward D. Jones
Edward D. Jones, Sr. was an investment banker born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1913, then from New York University in 1916....