Postscript to the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings

As in 2013, I had a great experience at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), held August 3-7 in Boston. … More

NHL panel at JSM

I was lucky enough to take part in a panel on hockey analytics at the Joint Statistical Meetings. In the … More

Part IV: What I wish I had learned in my graduate program in statistics

(Note: This is the fourth and final part in a series about graduate life in statistics, co-written by Mike and … More

Part III: What I wish I had known when I started a graduate program in statistics

(Note: This is the third in a series about graduate life in statistics, co-written by Mike and Greg. For links … More

Part II: Thriving in a graduate program in statistics

(Note: This is the second in a series about graduate life in statistics. For links to all articles in the … More

So you want a graduate degree in statistics?

After six years of graduate school – two at UMass-Amherst (MS, statistics), and four more at Brown University (PhD, biostatistics) … More

JSM in Boston

Statistics’ biggest conference, the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings, is coming to Boston August 3rd-8th, and I can’t wait. I had … More

Part I: Deciding on a graduate program in statistics

(Note: This is the first post in a series about graduate life in statistics. For links to all articles in … More

Postscript: 538’s World Cup picks

While Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight website still has some work to do to meet its high expectations, the site gave the … More

On “Penalties under pressure”

This tweet has been making the rounds: Still one of the most remarkable sports statistics I've ever seen. http://t.co/QywmmV1jGO pic.twitter.com/Mh2WVyg4Bm … More