Editing Keith Mitchell (section)

==Education and personal life==
Keith Claudius Mitchell was born in the community of  Brizan, Saint George. Mitchell graduated from [[The University of the West Indies]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in mathematics and chemistry in 1971. He gained a [[master's degree]] from [[Howard University]] in 1975 and a [[doctorate]] in mathematics and statistics from [[American University]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.gd/biographies/keith_mitchell_bio.html|title=Biography: Keith Claudius Mitchell|date=9 October 2009|access-date=1 October 2011|publisher=Government of Grenada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018095804/http://www.gov.gd/biographies/keith_mitchell_bio.html|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Mitchell|first=Keith Claudius|title=A study of ridge regression and some examples of its application in multivariate analysis|publisher=American University|year=1980|isbn=|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|pages=|doi=10.57912/23887239.v1 |hdl=1961/thesesdissertations:894|oclc=7468179|hdl-access=free}}</ref> He then worked as a statistician at Applied Management Sciences, providing statistical support to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 1984, Mitchell gave up his professional activities to return home to Grenada after the [[United States invasion of Grenada|U.S. invasion]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Marker | first1=David | title=Interview with Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada | url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2017/06/01/interview-with-keith-mitchell-prime-minister-of-grenada/ | date=1 June 2017 | work=[[Amstat News]] | access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>