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Bill Notz Featured in NBC4 Powerball Jackpot Story
Statistics professor Bill Notz is featured in an NBC4 story on the Powerball Jackpot. Notz gives tips on increasing the odds of winning the jackpot, including choosing random numbers and steering…
Biostatistics PhD Student Brittney Bailey Wins American Statistical Association’s 2016 Lester R. Curtin Award
Biostatistics PhD student Brittney Bailey won the ASA’s 2016 Lester R. Curtin Award. Awardees receive support for gaining the skills and training they need to excel in their area of study.
Mario Peruggia Named an Editor of Bayesian Analysis
Statistics faculty member Mario Peruggia was named an editor of Bayesian Analysis, an electronic journal of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis that publishes articles demonstrating or…
Sir Adrian Smith Receives Honorary Degree from Ohio State
Statistician and Deputy Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Sir Adrian Smith received an honorary degree from Ohio State. Dr. Smith has made substantial contributions to the field of statistics and…
Congratulations to our Autumn 2015 Graduates
Congratulations to our 2015 autumn graduates! Elizabeth Petraglia, PhD in StatisticsJohn Stettler, PhD in StatisticsXiaomu Wang, PhD in StatisticsJiaqi Zaetz, PhD in Statistics David Kline, PhD in…
Danel Draguljić (PhD '10) and Angela Dean Awarded the 2015 Jack Youden Prize for Best Expository Paper in Technometrics
Danel Draguljić (PhD '10) and statistics faculty member Angela Dean, with coauthors David Woods, Susan Lewis and Anna-Jane Vine, were awarded the 2015 Jack Youden Prize for Best Expository Paper in…
Steve MacEachern Interviewed on NPR About Patriots’ Coin Toss Wins
Statistics professor Steve MacEachern was interviewed on NPR to discuss the Patriots’ coin toss wins. The Patriots have won 19 of their past 25 coin tosses, which MacEachern says is unusual but not…
Jonathan Baker Discusses Using Top Hat in Undergraduate Statistics Courses
Statistics faculty member Jonathan Baker discussed using Top Hat in undergraduate statistics courses. Top Hat is a teaching platform that utilizes student smartphones for in- and out-of-classroom…
Joint Statistical Meetings Press Release Features Juhee Lee’s (PhD '10) Research
A JSM press release features Juhee Lee’s (PhD '10) research on a new technique that is helping doctors optimize the dose of a new cancer treatment. Lee presented this research during a session at the…