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Xihong Lin
Xihong Lin gained an interest in statistics while working on her undergraduate thesis on analysis of time-series data. She currently works on whole genome sequencing association studies, genes and environment, integrative analysis of different types of data using causal mediation analysis, and analysis of electronic medical records.
Undergraduate Summer Program Held at University of Michigan
The department of biostatistics at the University of Michigan held its first undergraduate summer program, “Transforming Analytical Learning in the Era of Big Data.” The program was attended by 29 undergraduate students.
New Undergraduate Data Science Programs
The number of undergraduate statistics degrees has nearly doubled in the last four years—making it the fastest-growing STEM degree—and master’s degrees are also growing quickly. Last month in Amstat News, we profiled five new undergraduate data science programs. Here are a few more.
Rensis Likert
Rensis Likert made a tremendous impact on the development of social statistics. Read about his famous “Likert scale,” which has been adopted throughout the world, his service to the ASA, and how he set up the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.
Michigan Biostatistics Celebrates Two Anniversaries
The University of Michigan Biostatistics Department held a conference in Ann Arbor November 13–14, 2009, to celebrate 55+/-5 years in existence … 55+/-5? Can they count? Or is that a 95% confidence interval?
U of M Department of Statistics Turns 40
The Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan turned 40 years old. To celebrate, faculty and students attended a reception at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC, and a half-day symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.