The Shumway Lectures: Brad Efron
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Walter Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center
Speaker: Bradley Efron, Stanford University
Title: Learning from the Experience of Others
Abstract: Familiar statistical estimates such as batting averages, political polls, and medical trial results are obtained by direct observation of cases of interest. Sometimes, though, we can learn from the experience of "others": for instance there may be information about Player A's batting ability in the observed averages of Players B,C,D,... I will present several examples showing how this works in practice, indicating some of the surprising theoretical ideas involved. The talk is mainly descriptive in nature, and is intended for a general scientific audience.
To see a video of this lecture, please visit:
http://webcast.ucdavis.edu/flash/?file=STA/2009/Shumway_Efron_04-30.flv
Opinions and commentary are those of the speaker and do not represent the Department of Statistics or the Regents of the University of California.