A multi-year pilot in Maryland that aimed to redesign the curriculum for introductory statistics using adaptive learning technology and active learning pedagogy found a spark of success among students ...

The Department ofMathematical Sciences typically offers about six 40-student sectionsof introductory statistics each semester, and before this project thedepartment had not consistently or thoroughly ...

Simple random sampling is the foundation for almost every method taught in introductory statistics classes. Many students, however, have difficulty understanding the difference between simple random ...

Statisticians are one of the fastest growing jobs in the country–and for good reason. “As data becomes more and more a part of people’s lives, statistics is becoming more a part of people’s lives,” ...

The increased emphasis on evidence-based medicine creates a greater need for educating future physicians in the general domain of quantitative reasoning, probability, and statistics. Reflecting this ...

This course is compulsory on the MRes in Economics (Track 1), MRes in Economics (Track 2), MRes/PhD in Finance (Route 1), MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, MSc in Econometrics and ...

One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten. – T. Sowell Correlations are often mistaken for ...

Thesis: On the problem of sequential discrimination. RESEARCH INTERESTS: general methodology, classification, categorical data, zero-inflated distributions, statistical consulting. COURSES TAUGHT: ...