86 search results for “statistics” in the Student website
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KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer
Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a substantial grant from KiKa for it. With that money, she is going to study the effect of chemotherapy adjustments.
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Hemmo Smit
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
hsmit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3766
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Laura Zwep
Science
l.b.zwep@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Grünwald
Science
pdg@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marta Fiocco
Science
m.fiocco@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7144
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Gino Bertrand Kpogbezan
Science
g.b.kpogbezan@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7109
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Lude Rozema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.j.rozema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mark de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
rooijm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4102
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Kevin Duisters
Science
k.l.w.duisters@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jelle Goeman
Faculteit Geneeskunde
j.j.goeman@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9700
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Michael Giffin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.r.g.giffin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Thijs Bos
Science
j.m.bos@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Johannes Schmidt-Hieber
Science
schmidthieberaj@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Harold Nefs
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.t.nefs@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3992
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Sarah Plukaard
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.c.plukaard@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7937
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Frans Rodenburg
Science
f.j.rodenburg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Cheating graphs: a lesson in statistics without arithmetic
Missing legends, illogical connections or three-dimensional graphs. There are many ways in which data can deceive. Five students took up the fight against misleading statistics. Their lesson series can now be found online.
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Wouter van Loon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
w.s.van.loon@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eiko Fried
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.i.fried@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Richard Gill
Science
gill@math.leidenuniv.nl |
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Max van Haastrecht
Science
m.a.n.van.haastrecht@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Jacq Meulman
Science
j.j.meulman@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rob Tijdeman
Science
tijdeman@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4831
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Xaver Funk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.x.funk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.j.verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant
Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathematical Institute (MI) and senior researcher in the Machine Learning group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant…
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‘I use a statistical analysis to estimate my travel time by bike’
Why use Google Maps when you can also calculate your bike route based on your own data. Statistician and cyclist Alexander Dürre sees statistics in everything around him. He analyses data of soccer games and calculates the possible winners of cycling races. ‘When I have too much time, I apply statistics…
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‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’
'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…
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Sanne Willems
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.j.w.willems@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hannah Bliersbach
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.bliersbach@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Henk Kelderman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.kelderman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Statistics & Data Science
Afstudeerceremonie
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Dutch Cancer Society allocates funds to a mathematician: for treating Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app
If doctors could better estimate a patient's chances of survival, this would help in choosing a specific treatment. It would be particularly beneficial for the rare and malignant Ewing sarcoma, which mainly affects children and adolescents. Mathematics professor Marta Fiocco has been awarded a substantial…
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Elise Dusseldorp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
elise.dusseldorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8046
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Pieter Kroonenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
p.m.kroonenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marjolein Fokkema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.fokkema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7996
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Milco Wansleeben
Faculteit Archeologie
m.wansleeben@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2930
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Anja van der Voort
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
avoort@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4036
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Vincent Croft-
Science
v.a.croft@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Arjen de Vetten
ICLON
a.j.de.vetten@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1771
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Tom Wilderjans
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.f.wilderjans@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6058
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Dirk van der Hoeven
Science
d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7146
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Annual report
Each year Leiden University, its departments and its faculties publish an annual report which contains all the important information and statistics for that year.
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Board of Examiners
The role of the Board of Examiners is to ensure that study programmes adhere to their Course and Examination Regulations. The Board of Examiners oversees all tests and examinations within the institute and determines whether students have acquired the knowledge and skills required for the awarding of…
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Jian Wang
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.wang@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Reinout Heijungs
Science
heijungs@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7461
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Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators (online)
Research
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New professor of Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a statistical analysis, claimed it was rigged. But that claim doesn't smell right, says Leiden statistician Richard Gill. ‘The way you code and process…
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Probability words: everybody interprets them differently
What exactly does it mean when your doctor says you have a ‘good chance’ of survival? Leiden researchers discovered that there is a big difference in how people interpret such probability phrases. And that can be a problem, warns lead researcher Sanne Willems in her blog post.