Jeffrey Blume, PhD, University of VirginiaZSR Auditorium. Tuesday, February 6th 11:00am Despite decades of controversy, p-values remain a popular tool for assessing when the data are incompatible with the null hypothesis. While it is widely recognized that p-values are imperfect, the consequences of ignoring their […]
Nicholas Horton, PhD, Amherst College ZSR Auditorium, Tuesday, January 23rd 11:00am 60 years ago, Fred Mosteller and David Wallace published a paper in JASA that made inferences in an important authorship problem: the Federalist papers. Notwithstanding this groundbreaking work, text continues to be an important […]
David Kline, PhDWake Forest University School of MedicineOperating under uncertainty: Statistical thinking in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic ZSR AuditoriumTuesday, November 14th 11:00am The COVID-19 pandemic impacted all of our lives and reporting on epidemiological data became almost a routine, daily occurrence. In […]
Roger Peng, University of Texas at Austin andStephanie Hicks, Johns Hopkins University ZSR AuditoriumTuesday, October 17th 11:00am The Theory of Data Analysis is a multidimensional framework that underpins effective analytic practice. Beyond statistical thinking, the integration of design thinking emerges as a pivotal aspect in […]
Dr. Sarah Lotspeich was selected as a recipient of a Wake Forest Intercampus Collaborative Grant with Dr. Joe Rigdon (in Biostatistics at Wake) entitled “Overcoming Data Challenges to Estimate Whole Person Health in the Academic Learning Health System”. This Grant is a new initiative to foster interdisciplinary […]
Eva Murphy, PhD. Wake Forest University ZSR Auditorium, Tuesday, September 12th 11:00amRefreshments provided Modeling Directional Extreme Wind Speed Using an Extreme Value Regression Approach Assessing the risk posed by high wind speeds is critical in numerous fields, ranging from structural design to energy generation and […]
Three faculty members and one graduate student from the Department of Statistical Sciences have won several highly competitive awards at the American Statistical Association’s Annual Meeting in August. Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, Assistant Professor of Statistical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Teaching Statistics in […]
Associate Professor of Statistical Sciences Staci Hepler has been awarded the 2023 American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Statistics and the Environment’s Early Investigator Award. The Early Investigator Award recognizes Hepler’s outstanding contributions to emphasize the cross-disciplinary focus of statistics and the environment. You can […]
Sarah Lotspeich’s seed grant “Overcoming computational hurdles to quantify the impact of food access on health: a statistical approach.” has been funded by the Wake Forest University Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES).
This weekend, 26 middle and high school students from Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte, and Raleigh spent their Saturday afternoon in Manchester Hall exploring Statistics and Data Science! This was one of just six Florence Nightingale Days taking place this year across the U.S. and Canada. For more […]