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Douglas Wiens |
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Pedigree:
- Publications: reprints & preprints;
citations;
preprints at arXiv
- Research interests: Robust regression
design, general robustness, applied probability, applied statistics, (and
in an earlier life) mathematical
logic
- Research
funding
Writing aids:
- A
"must read" for writers of anything: The Underground Grammarian
by Richard Mitchell. See, for instance, his essay Why Good Grammar?
- The
on-line Oxford English Dictionary.
- Don't
remember what an infinitive is, or why one should care? Look at the Guide to Grammar and Style by
Jack Lynch.
- Tips on
technical writing from the Mathematics
Handbook at
- Advice
on the presentation of statistical results, from an AmstatNews article.
- A course in mathematical writing by
Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee & Paul M. Roberts.
- ASA
style guide.
- MSC 2000
classifications of topics in Statistics and Probability
Teaching
links:
- What
happened? Proceedings of the Conference on Directions
for Mathematical Statistics, U. Alberta, August 1974: Peter
Huber’s essay “Application vs. Abstraction: The Selling Out of Mathematical
Statistics?” should be required reading for any graduate student in
Statistics.
- STAT766:
Robustness & Robustness of
Design
- A clip from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – the algebra
lecture I wish I’d given.
Other
links:
- La
revue canadienne de statistique/ The
Canadian Journal of Statistics
- Statistics
groups at Canadian
universities
- An
amusing foray into the world of predatory
publishing
Personal links:
- YouTube music – a collection of late 50s to early
70s live (and grainy) music videos
- Great
works of art by son Christopher,
grandsons Steven and Isaac; granddaughter Annabelle
- Edmonton Nordic Ski Club and
- Cycling:
how to be a road
biker; explaining
cycling to a non-cyclist
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Department of
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