Statistics
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“Does eating chocolate cause Nobel Prizes?” and other causal inferences
Studying human behavior in a lab poses myriad problems. Dr. Gordon Dahl developed a method that allows scientists to more accurately measure human behavior.
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Family Law Research Highlights Worldwide Inequality Among Women
Statistics is more than just numbers and charts—it can also impact women’s rights for generations to come.
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Statistics MVP: Grad Student Rates College Athletes
Many junior high students like to watch sports, but few use statistics to accurately predict the NBA’s most valuable player. Zachary Knowlton, who is graduating this month with a master’s degree in statistics, is the exception.
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Statistics Prof Finds the Most Common Plays aren’t Necessarily the Most Effective for Scoring
The pick and roll is one of the fundamental and most common offensive plays in basketball—just ask Karl Malone and John Stockton. But should it be?
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No Job Shortage for Statistics Graduates
There’s an unprecedented demand for statistics graduates in the United States according to a news release from the American Statistical Association (ASA), and that demand is still growing.
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Academia: A Path for the Naturally Curious
Many have warned about the consequences of curiosity, but Dr. Garritt Page chooses to see the positive side.
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Brewing up a Statistical Storm
After graduating in 2006, Brian Hartman is back at BYU, not as a student, but as director of the actuarial program and a new assistant professor in the Department of Statistics. He brings with him his wife, three kids, and a PhD in statistics from Texas A&M University.
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Weather Vane Points to BYU
It’s statistically unlikely to go from a BYU undergraduate to a BYU professor in just five short years, but Robert Richardson overcame the odds.
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Setting the Odds for Those with MS
Both the doctors who treat multiple sclerosis and the people who experience it agree that the disease is highly unpredictable.
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Spatial Data Success Is Off the Charts
This year’s Summer Institute of Applied Statistics was a huge success, thanks to spatial data expert Dr. Sudipto Banerjee.
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CPMS Announces New Department Leadership
The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CPMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael J. Dorff as the new chair of the Department of Mathematics.
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Statistics Makes the Assist
With so many sports and so many different teams on television, it is important for broadcasters to know which sports and which teams draw the largest TV audiences. Statistics professor Dr. Scott Grimshaw and graduate student Paul Sabin sought to discover which teams people are drawn to watch.
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BYU Welcomes Statistics Specialist Dr. Sudipto Banerjee
This year at the 40th Annual Summer Institute of Applied Statistics, professors, professionals, and graduate students will have the opportunity to add to their statistical knowledge and skills.
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BYU Professor Adds Research to Newton-Old Science Problem
Along with Isaac Newton and other famous scientists, BYU professor Lennard Bakker is adding his research to help explain a classic scientific problem—the n-body problem.
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BYU Professor Uses Spatial Data to Help Prevent Illness
Summer temperatures can pose a serious threat to public health, but BYU professor Matthew Heaton is using statistics to help alleviate this problem.
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Renewable Energy and Inspiration
Dr. Natalie Blades’ statistics courses might be more interactive than most other college courses are.
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Changing the World One Statistic at a Time
For spatial statistician Matthew Heaton, each day is a new chance to make the world a better place.
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