SEMINAR SPEAKER

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

LOCATION:

  • SPH II , Room M1020

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DR. GELMAN

Andrew

Gelman, PhD

Columbia University

  • Professor, Department of Statistics
  • Professor, Department of Political Science

Research Areas: Toxicology; medical imaging; methods in surveys, experimental design, statistical inference, computation, and graphics; arsenic in Bangladesh; radon in your basement; why it is rational to vote; why campaign polls are so variable when elections are so predictable; the effects of incumbency and redistricting; reversals of death sentences; police stops in New York City, the statistical challenges of estimating small effects; the probability that your vote will be decisive; seats and votes in Congress; and social network structure.

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As part of his visit to the University of Michigan, Dr. Gelman welcomes members of the Biostatistics community to join him for small group meetings throughout the day. Sign up for these sessions at the link below.

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TITLE:

Some Open Questions in Statistics

Statistics is full of exciting developments and open questions. I will speak on one or more of the following:


  • Incorporating sampling weights into model-based inference
  • Bayesian methods for causal inference
  • The ladder of abstraction in statistical graphics
  • Challenges of scalable Bayesian computing
  • Bayesian workflow
  • Active statistics: teaching modern methods using a modern approach
  • Before data analysis: Additional recommendations for designing experiments to learn about the world.


Before the talk begins, the audience is invited to select which of these topics they would like to hear about.

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