244 search results for “statistics” in the Staff website
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These tips (might) help you win the EC football pool
Are you keen to beat your friends or colleagues and win the European Championship football pool? Statistician Marjolein Fokkema has some tips that might increase your chances.
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities to provide M&S students an insight into their career perspectives.
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Hemmo SmitFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laura ZwepScience
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Peter GrünwaldScience
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Marta FioccoScience
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Gino Bertrand KpogbezanScience
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Lude RozemaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kevin DuistersScience
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Jelle GoemanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs BosScience
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Michael GiffinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Paul Nieuwbeerta affiliated professor at Statistics Netherlands
From April 2022, Professor Paul Nieuwbeerta will be working one day a week as affiliated professor for Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)). He is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University.
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Statistics for the benefit of the patient
Marta Fiocco has been appointed as of 1 April as professor of applied mathematics, in particular medical statistics. Fiocco's appointment is at the Faculty of Science and at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC). She conducts research into 'personalised medicine', tailor-made medicines for cancer…
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New statistical method brings together studies at an early stage
During the coronavirus pandemic, scientists were in a hurry to find drugs that would help fight the disease. To combine the research that was being carried out around the world, PhD candidate Judith ter Schure developed a new statistical method: ALL-IN meta-analysis. This helps determine sooner whether…
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Award winners in Methodology and Statistics department
The Department of Methodology and Statistics proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of two award winners
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Johannes Schmidt-HieberScience
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Harold NefsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah PlukaardFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frans Rodenburg
Science
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Cheating graphs: a lesson in statistics without arithmetic
Missing legends, illogical connections or three-dimensional graphs. There are many ways in which data can deceive. Five students took up the fight against misleading statistics. Their lesson series can now be found online.
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Jacqueline Meulman receives honorary membership at statistics society VVSOR
Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics Jacqueline Meulman received an honorary membership during the annual meeting of the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research (VVSOR). This makes her the eleventh honorary member of the society.
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Wouter van LoonFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Goodbye SPSS, hallo R: ‘Now we can help students who like statistics to excel’
After the summer, the SPSS statistics programme will be replaced by the new ‘R’ software for first year students. Hemmo Smit and Sjoerd Huisman, both lecturers in Methodology and Statistics, initiated this major change in the curriculum. That did not happen overnight.
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Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant
Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathematical Institute (MI) and senior researcher in the Machine Learning group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant…
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Statistical literacy: ‘It’s about how we teach, not what we can teach’
Assistant Professor Lucie Zicha at Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague is on a mission to bring statistical literacy to all undergraduate students.
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Eiko FriedFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Richard GillScience
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Max van HaastrechtScience
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Jacq MeulmanScience
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Rob TijdemanScience
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Xaver FunkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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‘I use a statistical analysis to estimate my travel time by bike’
Why use Google Maps when you can also calculate your bike route based on your own data. Statistician and cyclist Alexander Dürre sees statistics in everything around him. He analyses data of soccer games and calculates the possible winners of cycling races. ‘When I have too much time, I apply statistics…
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‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’
'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…
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Statistical Learning and Prediction
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Statistical analysis in R
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Sanne WillemsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hannah BliersbachFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henk KeldermanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Numerical exploration of statistical physics
PhD defence
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Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
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Methodology & Statistics Alumni meet students in Psychology
Alumni event, Career
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
Alumni event
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Statistics & Data Science
Afstudeerceremonie
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Leiden workshop leads to special issue Journal of Osteoarchaeology
In 2021 the Leiden Osteoarchaeology Lab hosted an international workshop on methods to study past physical activity. It aimed to tackle a niche topic with the field: namely the method of studying muscle attachments to bone. Dr Sarah Schrader, one of the organisers of the workshop: ‘You can quantify…
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R introduction
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Statistical modelling of time-varying covariates for survival data
PhD defence
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R introduction