3,493 search results for “methodology 26 statistics” in the Public website
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Peter Grünwald professor statistical learning
As of November 1st, Peter Grünwald has been appointed professor Statistical learning on a new chair hosted by both the Mathematical Institute and the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS).
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Professor Richard Gill at TEDxFlanders “Statistical Errors in Court”
In a recent TEDx Flanders event “Statistical Errors in Court”, Statistical Scientist Richard Gill speaks about the case of Lucia de Berk, a nurse found guilty of several murders based largely on statistics.
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Mariëlle Linting
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bayesian uncertainty quantication in complex models
The aim of this project is to determine in which cases uncertainty statements resulting from a Bayesian statistical analysis can be trusted.
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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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Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis
Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden statistician Richard Gill. After his investigation, together with an Italian colleague, Poggiali was acquitted last autumn. Together with fellow statisticians,…
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Laura Zwep
Science
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Peter Grünwald
Science
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Marta Fiocco
Science
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Gino Bertrand Kpogbezan
Science
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Lude Rozema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kevin Duisters
Science
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Jelle Goeman
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs Bos
Science
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Michael Giffin
Faculteit 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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Develop a methodology for assessing the effective dose of nanomaterials for environmental risk assessment purposes
How to make a quantitative assessment of the relative contribution to toxicity of ions and particles? Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to their size or shape? Which physicochemical property of nanoparticles is an appropriate dose metric of nanoparticles?
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Giliam de Valk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Festive meeting: Vision on Statistical Science & info on the new Masters track
This September a new Masters Track
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Johannes Schmidt-Hieber
Science
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Arjen de Vetten
ICLON
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Harold Nefs
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah Plukaard
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frans Rodenburg
Science
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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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Jaap Corthals
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Zsuzsa Bakk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marvin Groen
Science
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Wouter van Loon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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New section makes statistics understandable
‘Statistics? I hated that hard subject in school’, statistician Sanne Willems is often told. And that is a pity, she thinks, because statistics doesn’t necessarily have to be difficult. Together with two former fellow students, she set up a Statistics Communication section for good communication on…
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Contact
Contact details secretariat section Methodology & Statistics.
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Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers 2018
Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers 2018 was hosted in Leiden.
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Diagnosing patients with the help of statistical physics
Doctors are there to diagnose and treat people. But sometimes a diagnosis can’t be made or doctors differ in opinion. Luckily, Alireza Mashaghi Tabari and his research team have developed a new framework to solve medical diagnostic problems. This framework can also be applied to many other research…
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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) starts initiative for Big Data research
Today, CBS launches the Center for Big Data Statistics (CBDS), a cooperation of an unprecedented scale in the field of Big Data. Leiden University and HumanityX are key partners.
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Big data cannot do without statistics
Data science and statistics are closely linked, says Spinoza laureate and Stochastics professor Aad van der Vaart. We talk with him about the big data hype, genome research and collaboration with other disciplines. ‘Statistics helps wherever data is not perfect.’
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Child Cancer Fund subsidises statistical research
Marta Fiocco, professor in the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for analysing data on chemotherapy in children suffering from leukaemia. The work involves developing and applying new statistical methods that will help determining the optimal dose of chemotherapy.
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Organisation
The staff members of the Methodology & Statistics unit are members of various boards and committees.
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Brain networks and the initial stages of dementia
Dementia is a progressive disease, diagnosed at a relatively late stage when intervention may not be effective. Aim of the research is to study scans of brain networks to help discover the early network changes related to dementia. Early diagnosis may benefit effectiveness of future treatment.
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Bayes and Networks
Promotor: A.W. van der Vaart
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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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Eiko Fried
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Richard Gill
Science
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Max van Haastrecht
Science
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Jacq Meulman
Science
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Rob Tijdeman
Science
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Xaver Funk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding) subsidises statistical research
Marta Fiocco, professor at the Mathematical Institute, has received a grant for predicting survival outcome and improving the balance between prognosis and quality of life for soft tissue sarcoma patients (Personalised Sarcoma Care).