Week 2
Resources
Below is a table with links to resources. Icons in orange mean there is an available file link.
| Chapter | Topic | Slides | Annotated Slides | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Independent Events | |||
| 4 | Conditional Probability | |||
| 6 | Bayes’ Theorem |
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On the Horizon
Class Exit Tickets
Additional Information
Statistician of the Week: Talithia Williams
Dr. Williams earned a BS in Mathematics from Spelman College, an MS in Mathematics from Howard University, and a PhD (2008) in Statistics from Rice University. Dr. Williams is Associate Professor and Director of the Clinic Program at Harvey Mudd College. She has also served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvey Mudd.
Topics covered
Dr. Williams works on statistical models which describe spatial and temporal aspects of data. Some of her most important work has focused on developing models to predict cataract surgical rates for countries in Africa.
Relevant work
Dray, A. and Williams, T. An incidence estimation model for multi-stage diseases with differential mortality. Statistics in Medicine, 2012.
Lewallen, S., Courtright, P., Etya’ale, D., Mathenge, W., Schmidt, E., Oye, J., Clark, A., Williams, T. Cataract Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: What does Mathematical Modeling tell us about Geographic Variations and Surgical Needs?. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 2013.
Outside links
Other
Dr. Williams was the co-host of the 2018 PBS Nova Wonders series.
Please note the statisticians of the week are taken directly from the CURV project by Jo Hardin.
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