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“The statistician was viewed only as a technical consultant. This is neither intellectually stimulating nor a proper representation of what we’re capable of”: Interview with Professor Peter Bickel
20th June 2014
Peter Bickel is an American statistician and Emeritus Professor of Statistics in Berkeley. He is past President of the Bernoulli Society and of the Institute of Mathematical...
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“Statistics provides a challenge somewhat akin to Sherlock Holmes’ task: how to find hidden truth in any data, from small to big.” An interview with Samuel S. Wilks Award winner Kanti Mardia
4th February 2014
At last year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada, Professor Kanti V. Mardia was awarded the Samuel S. Wilks Award for ‘extensive work covering a wide span of applied and...
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“I would like to think of myself as a scientist, who happens largely to specialise in the use of statistics”– An interview with Sir David Cox
24th January 2014
Sir David Cox is arguably one of the world’s leading living statisticians. He has made pioneering and important contributions to numerous areas of statistics and applied probability over the...
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Multiple Imputation and its Application: An interview with author James Carpenter
26th December 2013
Earlier this year, Wiley was proud to publish Multiple Imputation and its Application, a practical guide to analysing partially observed data. It is written by Professor James Carpenter,...
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Mentoring in biostatistics: An interview with Professor Lehana Thabane
11th December 2013
Author: Joanna Carpenter Professor Lehana Thabane is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of the Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Evaluation of Medicine, McMaster...
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“One of the biggest challenges the statistical community faces is defining our role within the area known as data science.” An interview with ASA President Marie Davidian
15th October 2013
Marie Davidian is currently the President of the American Statistical Association. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of North Carolina at...
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“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance you have to shape a field that is begging to be reshaped after a century of neglect. Don’t miss it.” An interview with Judea Pearl
9th October 2013
Judea Pearl is currently Professor of Computer Science and Statistics and Director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA where he joined in 1970. He achieved a B.S. degree in...
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Keeping it in the family: How children have followed their famous parents into statistics
12th September 2013
Authors: Vern Farewell and Joel Greenhouse When we were approached to write a short commentary related to children following a parent into work in statistics, we had the following three immediate...
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Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians
23rd August 2013
Exclusive interview: Nate Silver was the guest speaker at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada where he gave the President’s Invited Address. He is currently the...
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“To some statisticians, a number is a number, but to me, a number is packed with history.” An interview with Professor Terry Speed
21st June 2013
Professor Terry Speed is a world-renowned statistician best known for his contributions to the applications of statistics to genetics and molecular biology, especially to the analysis of...
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