Practical Topics in Statistics
John Maloney MNG'06
Mon Jan 25, 05:30-06:30pm, 6-120, Moved from Bush Room!
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Materials science graduate student John Maloney MNG'06
(1) appeals to the audience to always label one's error bars;
(2) reviews basic statistics topics to develop an intuitive understanding of why hypothesis testing is useful but flawed; and
(3) describes modern techniques such as bootstrapping and information criteria that can help one answer the pivotal research question: whether a measured effect is likely or not to be due to chance.
Please register via the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=39241&groupID=194
Contact: Katie Maloney, W98, x2-3372, kcasey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Alumni Association
Latest update: 26-Jan-2010
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