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Title: Excursions in Statistical History: Highlights

Abstract:
Over the last 20 years, the speaker has delved into the origins of ‘regression’; the development of the ’t’ and ‘Poisson’ distributions; forerunners of the ‘hazard’ function; and the statistical design and conduct of US Selective Service lotteries from 1917 onwards. This talk will recount the stories, data and simulations behind some of these, and provide some modern-day re-enactments.

Speaker
Dr. James Hanley is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and an associate member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. He is also a Senior Scientist in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at Royal Victoria Hospital. He received Statistical Society of Canada Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work in 2016 and Lifetime Achievement Award from Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 2017.