Colloquium

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Colloquium Archives


    Spring 2011


  • April 22, 2011

    Lognormal Block Kriging for Multivariate Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Processes

    Mona Alduailej
    PhD Candidate
    Western Michigan University

  • March 25, 2011

    A Statistician's Typical Workday in a Non-Profit Organization Setting

    Regina De Los Santos
    Biostatistician, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

  • March 18, 2011

    A Robust Rank- Based Estimate for the Bifurcating Autoregressive Model

    Tamer Elbayoumi
    PhD Candidate
    Western Michigan University

  • February 18, 2011

    A New Nonparametric Test for Umbrella Alternatives

    Gilbert Muma
    PhD Candidate
    Western Michigan University

  • February 11, 2011

    Nonparametric Estimation of a Periodic Sequence

    Ying Sun
    Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University

  • February 7, 2011

    Reduced-rank Stochastic Regression with Sparse Singular Value Decomposition

    Kun Chen
    Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
    The University of Iowa

  • February 4, 2011

    Restricted Latent Class Models for Diagnostic Educational Assessments

    Alan Huebner
    University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

  • January 31, 2011

    A Simultaneous Confidence Band for Sparse Longitudinal Regression

    Shujie Ma
    Michigan State University

  • January 28, 2011

    A Semi-parametric Bayesian Model for genetic Mapping with Bivariate Sparse Longitudinal Data

    Kiranmoy Das
    Penn State University

  • January 21, 2011

    Two Views of Biostatistics: Personal and Professional

    Steve Denham, Ph.D.
    Associate Director of Biostatistics
    MPI Research


    Fall 2010


  • December 3, 2010

    Self Assessment Model for Obesity Related Chronic Diseases

    Diane Lovett
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • November 19, 2010

    An Internship Experience at QST Consultations

    Scott F. Kosten
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • November 12, 2010

    Confidence Intervals and Tests on the Difference of Means of Two Delta Distributions

    Karen Grace Villarente Rosales
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • November 5, 2010

    Connecting Markov Random Fields with Geostatistical Models

    Debashis Mondal
    University of Chicago

  • October 29, 2010

    Statistical Inference Based on Partially Rank Ordered Set Samples

    Omer Ozturk
    Department of Statistics
    The Ohio State University

  • October 22, 2010

    Point Processes with Spatially Dependent Marks: A Case Study in Fingerprint Analysis

    Sarat Dass
    Michigan State University

  • October 15, 2010

    Robust Interval Estimation of a Treatment Effect in Observational Studies using Propensity Score Matching

    Scott F. Kosten
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • October 8, 2010

    Introduction to R: Part II

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • October 1, 2010

    Oncology Drug Development: An overview of cancer clinical trials, drug approval process, statistical considerations in design and analysis, and recent trends

    Sudhakar Rao
    Senior Director of Biostatistics
    Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development

  • September 24, 2010

    Survival analysis of lung cancer data

    Mona Alduailij
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • September 17, 2010

    Introduction to R: A Statistical Computing Environment

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University


    Spring 2010


  • April 9, 2010

    Research Topics: Past, Present, and Future

    Dr. Jeff Terpstra
    Western Michigan University

  • March 26, 2010

    Statistics internship at KCMS

    Robert Flikkema and Gilbert Muma
    Western Michigan University

  • March 19, 2010

    Inferring Likelihoods and Climate System Characteristics from Climate Models and Multiple Tracers

    Murali Haran
    The Department of Statistics
    Pennsylvania State University

  • February 25, 2010

    Examining the Influence of Core-Plus Mathematics on Several Postsecondary Student Achievement Measures

    Jon Davis
    The Department of Mathematics
    Western Michigan University

  • February 19, 2010

    Robustification of Some Procedures Used in Analysis of Covariance

    Kuanwong Watcharotone
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • February 12, 2010

    Posterior Simulation in Countable Mixture Models for Large Datasets

    Subharup Guha
    Department of Statistics
    University of Missouri-Columbia

  • February 5, 2010

    Robust Interval Estimation for a Treatment Effect in Observational Studies Using Propensity Score Matching

    Scott Kosten
    Western Michigan University

  • January 29, 2010

    Relationship between physician and statistician when searching for meaningful data

    Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
    Michigan State University / Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

  • January 22, 2010

    Two-stage sampling procedures for estimating function thresholds

    Moulinath Banerjee
    University of Michigan

  • January 15, 2010

    iClicker Training

    Elizabeth Tassel
    iClicker, Inc


    Fall 2009


  • December 11, 2009

    Reviewing Data Analysis and Presentation Tools

    Lorel Buscher
    Sean Merriman
    Andrew Pelton
    Michelle Peak

  • December 4, 2009

    Meta Analysis: The Study of Studies

    Casey Jelsema, Cheri Lozon, Josh Wahlstrom
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • November 20, 2009

    Motivation for Using Clicker Technology

    Loren Heun
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • November 13, 2009

    Longitudinal Models Theory and Practice

    Mary Dupuis Sammel, Sc.D.
    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

  • November 11, 2009

    Kendall’s Tau and Spearman’s Rho for Zero Inflated Data

    Ronald Pimentel
    Western Michigan University

  • November 6, 2009

    Hybrid samplers for ill-posed inverse problems

    Radu Herbei
    Department of Statistics
    The Ohio State University

  • October 30, 2009

    Hierarchical modeling of large spatially referenced forest inventory datasets

    Andrew Finley
    Department of Forestry and Department of Geography
    Michigan State University

  • October 23, 2009

    Remediation of Contaminated Soil using Geostatistics

    Rajib Paul
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • October 16, 2009

    Introduction to R: Part III

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • October 9, 2009

    Introduction to R: Part II

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • October 2, 2009

    Introduction to R

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • September 25, 2009

    Statistics in Business: 1993 vs 2009

    Daniel Mihalko
    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • September 10, 2009

    An Adaptive Procedure Based on the Logrank and Wilcoxon Tests in Survival Analysis

    Annie Tordilla
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University


    Spring 2009


  • April 28, 2009

    Test Procedure for Equality of Two Variances of Delta Distribution

    Jezaniah Kira S. Tena
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • April 17, 2009

    Testing Equality of Competing Risks of Patient Discontinuation Across Multiple Disease States

    Eric Nantz
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • April 3, 2009

    Spatial Predictions for Fluid Accumulation Point of Wells in Michigan

    Gabriel A. Okyere, Soheyb Kouider, and Rajib Paul
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • March 27, 2009

    Research Topics: Past, Present, and Future

    Jeff Terpstra
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • March 20, 2009

    Demographic and Behavioral Modifiers of Arsenic Exposure Pathways: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of NHEXAS Data

    Rajib Paul
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Feb. 23, 2009

    Modeling Geoscientific Phenomena Using Bayesian and Spatial Statistical Techniques

    Dr. Rajib Paul
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Feb. 20, 2009

    Two Views of Biostatistics: Personal and Professional

    Steve Denham, Ph.D.
    Associate Director of Biostatistics
    MPI Research

  • Feb. 13, 2009

    An Introduction to LaTeX

    J. Naranjo
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Feb. 6, 2009

    A Plan for Using Propensity Score Matching to Determine Alcoholics Anonymous' Effect on Drinking

    Stephen Magura
    Director, The Evaluation Center
    Western Michigan University

  • Jan. 16, 2009

    Nonparametric and Semiparametric Mixture Models

    Tom Hettmansperger
    Department of Statistics
    The Pennsylvania State University


    Fall 2008


  • Nov. 21, 2008

    On Using Excel for Statistical Computation (Part 2)

    G. Sievers
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Oct. 24, 2008

    Introduction to R: Part 3

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Oct. 10, 2008

    The Stat 216 Online Homework System

    Loren Heun
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Oct. 3, 2008

    From Graduate School to Senior Management

    Diana Cucos
    Director of Biostatistics, StatProbe
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Sept. 26, 2008

    Introduction to R: Part II

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Sept. 19, 2008

    Introduction to R: A Statistical Computing Environment

    J.C. Wang
    Department of Statistics
    Western Michigan University


    Spring 2008


  • March 28, 2008

    Alexander McLain

    Fundamental Issues in Recurrent Event Marginal Modeling

  • March 27, 2008

    Streaky Hitting in Baseball

    James Albert
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Bowling Green State University

  • March 26, 2008

    Mechanistic Bayesian Hierarchical Models: Examples and MCMC Approaches

    Rajib Paul


    Fall 2007


  • Oct. 19, 2007


    Estimation of Red Snapper By-Catch Using the Delta Distribution

    Dr. Michael Longnecker
    Texas A&M University
    Department of Statistics

    Fall 2006

  • Nov. 3, 2006

    Consulting Experience in Design of Experiments

    Wayne Adams
    Statistician, Stat-Ease, Inc.

  • Oct. 13, 2006

    Some Messy Experimental Designs

    Dallas Johnson
    Professor, Kansas State University

  • Oct. 12, 2006


    Multiplicative Interaction Models and the 2004 Olympic Trials

    Dallas Johnson
    Professor, Kansas State University


    Spring 2006

  • April 7, 2006


    Copulas: Properties and Pitfalls

    Nikolai Kolev
    Visiting Professor, Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • March 24, 2006


    Intermediate Statistics with SAS: Interactive

    Dr. Phyllis Curtiss
    Grand Valley State University

  • Feb. 17, 2006

    Age Affecting Control in Biological Systems and the Mechanism of Aging and Longevity of Biological Systems

    Dr. Boyan Dimitrov
    Department of Science and Mathematics
    Kettering University

  • Jan. 20, 2006

    Using real time data generated by students to teach statistics

    Dr. John Daniels
    Central Michigan University


    Fall 2005

  • Nov. 3, 2005

    Probability, Statistics, Gambling and Utility of Money and Insurance

    Robert V. Hogg
    Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of Iowa

 

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