Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: As in 2013, I had a great experience at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held August 3-7 in Boston.  I made it to about 20 sessions, and while that sounds like plenty, it still means I missed about 640 other ones! Here are some of my take home points from…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: (Note: This is the fourth and final part in a series about graduate life in statistics, co-written by Mike and Greg. For links to all articles in the series, click here). There are a lot of things you don’t learn in graduate school that you probably should have. Here’s our perspective,…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: (Note: This is the third in a series about graduate life in statistics, co-written by Mike and Greg. For links to all articles in the series, click here). 1. You’re on your own Sure, you are going to take classes that are taught by professors, but you are the one responsible…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: (Note: This is the second in a series about graduate life in statistics. For links to all articles in the series, click here). Here are the best pieces of advice that I can give someone currently involved in a biostatistics or statistics graduate program. 1- Know your interests, and exploit them…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: (Note: This is first in a three part series about graduate life in statistics. For links to all articles in the series, click here). Here are some key points to consider when choosing graduate programs in statistics and biostatistics. 1. What’s the difference between biostatistics & statistics? When I first applied…

In honor of @StatsByLopez‘s upcoming series “So you want a graduate degree in staitstics”, which I will be contributing too, I’ve written a brief history of my graduate school experience. When I was almost finished with my undergraduate degree at WPI, I got to do a senior project about ranking athletes and sports teams.  It…

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Originally posted on statMethods blog: Permuation tests (also called randomization or re-randomization tests) have been around for a long time, but it took the advent of high-speed computers to make them practically available. They can be particularly useful when your data are sampled from unkown distributions, when sample sizes are small, or when outliers are…

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Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: While Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight website still has some work to do to meet its high expectations, the site gave the World Cup a pretty strong effort. This included in-depth features on important players, comparisons of numbers from this year’s tournament to past ones, and lots of work regarding the United States’ run into…