“It is really a unique field as it opens so many possibilities”: An interview with Nicolai Meinhausen
27th June 2016
Nicolai Meinhausen is Professor of Statistics at ETH Zurich. His research interests include computational statistics, causality, high-dimensional data and machine learning. He is currently...
Read MoreIncome Inequality: A Case Study of Professional Golf
16th June 2016
Authors: Ryan M. Rodenberg and Elizabeth A. Gregg Sixteen years ago, Cornell’s Larry Kahn described sports as “a labor market laboratory” (1). We agree. The abundant, publicly accessible data...
Read MoreSAS Essentials: Co-author Alan C. Elliott on the latest edition of his book on mastering SAS for data analytics
13th June 2016
Towards the end of last year, Wiley was proud to publish SAS Essentials: Mastering SAS for Data Analytics, a step-by-step introduction to using SAS statistical software as a foundational approach...
Read MoreSAS Essentials: Co-author Alan C. Elliott on the latest edition of his book on mastering SAS for data analytics
13th June 2016
Towards the end of last year, Wiley was proud to publish SAS Essentials: Mastering SAS for Data Analytics, a step-by-step introduction to using SAS statistical software as a foundational approach...
Read MoreEssential Medical Statistics: Author Professor Betty Kirkwood on her bestseller
3rd June 2016
Professor Betty Kirkwood is Professor of Epidemiology & International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is an epidemiologist with a statistical background and...
Read MoreHow we work – the facts behind worldwide labour data
31st May 2016
Author: Carlos Alberto Gómez Grajales We all need to work. Well, most of us at least, lucky those of you who don't have to. But usually, we all need to perform regular activities during our...
Read MoreModelling the commons
18th May 2016
Author: Chris Smaje In 2009, political scientist Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) won the Nobel Prize for Economics for her analysis of common pool resources (CPRs). A pithy summation of this work has...
Read MoreSpatial Agent-Based Simulation Modeling in Public Health: An interview with co-author S.M. Niaz Arifin
4th May 2016
This month Wiley is proud to publish Spatial Agent-Based Simulation Modeling in Public Health: Design, Implementation, and Applications for Malaria Epidemiology by S. M. Niaz Arifin, Gregory R. Madey...
Read MoreEndangered Species: A Bleak Outlook or the Road to Protection?
26th April 2016
Author: Dr Leila Battison Over the last few decades, it has become clear that direct human actions and anthropogenic climate change pose a major threat to the Earth’s biodiversity. The widespread...
Read More“Keep things confidential. No sense in embarrassing the boss when the actual data arrives.” An interview with J. Stuart Hunter
6th April 2016
J. Stuart Hunter is recognised as one of the world's leading statisticians. Born in 1923 in Holyoke, MA, he is currently Professor Emeritus at Princeton University's School of Engineering and...
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