185 search results for “statistics” in the Student website
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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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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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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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Hemmo SmitFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laura ZwepScience
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Kevin DuistersScience
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Gino Bertrand KpogbezanScience
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Lude RozemaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michael GiffinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jelle GoemanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs BosScience
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Marta FioccoScience
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Peter GrünwaldScience
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Johannes Schmidt-HieberScience
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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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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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Frans Rodenburg
Science
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Harold NefsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah PlukaardFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Wouter van LoonFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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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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‘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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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eiko FriedFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Xaver FunkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Richard GillScience
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Jacq MeulmanScience
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Rob TijdemanScience
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Max van HaastrechtScience
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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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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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Pieter KroonenbergFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elise DusseldorpFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arjen de VettenICLON
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Milco WansleebenFaculteit Archeologie
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Marjolein FokkemaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anja van der Voort
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vincent Croft-Science
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Tom WilderjansFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dirk van der HoevenScience
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Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
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Jian WangFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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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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Reinout HeijungsScience
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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…