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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 6:00 PM (ET)
Some historical highlights (including Bostonian contributions) in the
development of categorical data analysis
Alan Agresti
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics,
University of Florida
Visiting Professor, Department of Statistics,
Harvard University
Abstract
This talk presents a non-technical survey of the development of the
basic methods of categorical data analysis, starting with Karl Pearson's
introduction of the chi-squared test in 1900. It focuses on the
contributions of statisticians who introduced methods such as the odds
ratio, logistic regression and probit models, loglinear models, and
Bayesian approaches. Several developments that occurred in Boston will
be highlighted.
'South (Florida) meets North (Boston)' Dinner@6:00, The talk @7:00pm is free.
To register by check, include the check made payable to BCASA, your name, affiliation, and mail by Sept 19 to:
Huichao Chen, PhD
Department of Biostatistics/CBAR
Harvard University
651 Huntington Ave, FXB502
Boston, MA 02115
Frontier Science is at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street.
Please enter the building on St. Paul and go to the second floor, where someone will let you in.
There is a Green Line (B) stop at this intersection. On-street parking is available on St. Paul
and on Commonwealth. A Boston University parking Lot, which charges a fee, is across
Commonwealth, on Buick St.
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