Stats + Stories

Stats + Short Stories 026: Sex by the Numbers

With Special Guest: David Spiegelhalther

David Spiegelhalther is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, and President of the Royal Statistical Society. He is passionate about helping the public understand uncertainty and risk.    His recent book, Sex by Numbers, describes scientific research that provides a view of the world of sex.

Stats + Short Stories 025 S1: Skills needed in enrollment offices in higher education

With Special Guest: Mr. Michael Kabbaz

Michael Kabbaz is Vice President, Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success at Miami University. His Division includes Offices of Admission, Bursar, Career Services, Enrollment Communication, Enrollment Operations and One Stop Services, Enrollment Research and Analysis, University Registrar, Student Financial Assistance and the Student Success Center.

Stats + Short Stories 025 S1: Skills needed in enrollment offices in higher education

With Special Guest: Mr. Michael Kabbaz

Michael Kabbaz is Vice President, Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success at Miami University. His Division includes Offices of Admission, Bursar, Career Services, Enrollment Communication, Enrollment Operations and One Stop Services, Enrollment Research and Analysis, University Registrar, Student Financial Assistance and the Student Success Center.

Stats + Stories 024: Reading, Writing & Enrollment Analytics

With Special Guest: Mr. Michael Kabbaz

Michael Kabbaz is Vice President, Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success at Miami University. His Division includes Offices of Admission, Bursar, Career Services, Enrollment Communication, Enrollment Operations and One Stop Services, Enrollment Research and Analysis, University Registrar, Student Financial Assistance and the Student Success Center.

Stats + Stories 023: Understanding behavior change. Will you be one of the 8% who keep their New Year's resolutions?

With Special Guest: Dr. Rose Marie Ward

Dr. Rose Marie Ward is a professor in Miami University's Department of Kinesiology & Health. She studies college student health, with a focus on both addictive/harmful behaviors (alcohol use, disordered eating, unsafe and unwanted sexual behavior) and prosocial activities (women’s leadership, life satisfaction, scholastic achievement, exercise, and athleticism).

Stats + Stories 022: A Political Scientist Ponders the Polls

With Special Guest: Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall is professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His teaching and research focuses in the areas of Congress, congressional-executive relations, and quantitative methods. His recent book, Decision Making on the Modern Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press 2011) analyzes the process of judicial decision making.

Stats + Stories 021: A Winning Formula for Sports

With Special Guest: Dennis Lock

Dennis Lock (@LockAnalytics) currently serves as Director of Analytics for the Miami Dolphins NFL team.  In his role, he supports football operations through research and statistical analyses. He has been a consultant for the Iowa State University men's basketball team and is a co-author of a popular statistics textbook.

Stats + Stories 020: A Statistician Clears The Air

With Special Guest: Barry Nussbaum

Barry Nussbaum (@StatisticsBarry) is former Chief Statistician at the US EPA, and is president-elect of the American Statistical Association. Included among his many accomplishments at the EPA was providing leadership to the agency effort to remove lead from gasoline.

Stats + Stories 019: Moving beyond the 'just so' when reporting science

With Special Guest: Regina Nuzzo

Regina Nuzzo (@ReginaNuzzo) is a science writer and professor of statistics at Gallaudet University. Her writings on science, medicine, health, statistics, and the scientific research process have been published in a variety of outlets, including Scientific American, Nature, ESPN, Science News, Reader's Digest, New Scientist, and the Los Angeles Times. Her p-values feature for Nature won the 2014 ASA Award for Excellence in Statistical Reporting.

Stats + Stories 018: Sports Reporting in the Digital Era

With Special Guest: Terence Moore

Terence Moore (@TMooreSports) is a national sports columnist and commentator who is a regular television contributor to CNN, ESPN "Outside the Lines and MSNBC. He also is a columnist for SportsonEarth.com, MLB.com and CNN.com. In addition, he does television work for the NFL Network, and he appears every Sunday night on a locally top-rated show in Atlanta.