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2008 - 2009  
September 23, 2008 Luncheon - The Effects of Freedom Reforms on the Growth Rate of the South African Economy
Jaques Kibambe, University of Pretoria
 
October 21, 2008 Luncheon - Data analysis of multi-wavelength magnitudes the SDSS-DR3 using a modified Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) process
Byron Bell, Harold Washington College
 
November 5, 2008
(WEDNESDAY)
Luncheon - Phase 1 Cancer Trials: Why Are They Not Trivial?
Borko Jovanovich, Northwestern University
 
December 2, 2008 Holiday Luncheon
Steven Stigler, University of Chicago
 
January 20, 2009 Luncheon - People are very good at statistics-when they do not think they are actually doing statistics
Konrad Koerding, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
 
February 17, 2009 Luncheon - The use of statistical modeling in airline operations.
Krishnan Saranthan, United Airlines
 
March 17, 2009  Luncheon - Discussion of the sorts of information and the statistical analyses performed at the Bureau
Jay Mousa, Bureau of Labor Statistics
 
March 20, 2009 Workshop - Short Course on Longitudinal Data Analysis
Presenter: Don Hedeker, University of Illinois-Chicago
 
April 28, 2009 Luncheon - Predicting the "Unpredictable"
Rakesh Vohra, Northwestern University

 
May 15, 2009 Conference - Proliferation of Digital Information and Recent Uses in Statistical Applications

Statistical Advocate Award - Avinash Kaushik
Google Analytics Evangelist and Author of Occam’s Razor analytics blog

   
2007 - 2008
 
 
September 25, 2007 Luncheon - The Math of Language Identification
Kurt Fuqua of Cambridge Group Research
 
October 23, 2007 Luncheon - Use of Multilevel Growth Curve Modeling to Examine Social Influences on Stress Hormone Levels in Naturalistic Settings
Emma Adam, Northwestern University
 
November 7, 2007 Luncheon - STATCOM: Statistics in the Community
Meghan Honerlaw, Purdue University
Andrea Rau, Purdue University
Meredith Wascher, DePaul University
 
December 4, 2007 Luncheon - Recent Developments in Bayesian Statistics
Arnold Zellner, University of Chicago
 
January 22, 2008 Luncheon - Statistics: How to Model Your Career
Emily Gransky, Smith Hanley Associates
 
February 19, 2008 Luncheon - Analytic Approaches to the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Martha Morin, TransUnion
 
March 14, 2008 Workshop - Short Course in Applied Survival Analysis
Susanne May, University of California, San Diego
 
March 18, 2008 Luncheon - Permutation Analysis
David Henry, University of Illinois
 
April 22, 2008 Luncheon - Statistical Models to Predict Performance in Baseball
Nate Silvus, Baseball Prospectus

 
May 15, 2008 Dinner - Statistician of the Year
David Wallace, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at The University of Chicago
   
2006 - 2007
 
 
September 26, 2006 Luncheon - Using Spatial Statistics in Social Research: Issues in Modeling Community and Neighborhood Characteristics
Mike Schoeny, UIC
 

October 24, 2006

Luncheon - Pro Bono Statistics: What Can Statisticians Do in the Community?
Gayla Olbricht, Amy Watkins,  STATCOM at Purdue University

 

November 14, 2006

Dinner - Statistician of the Year Award
William Q. Meeker
 
December 5, 2006 Holiday Luncheon - Isaac Newton and Dice
Stephen Stigler, University of Chicago
 
January 23, 2007 Luncheon - Pursuing a Useful System for Understanding Telephone Data
Fred Butzen, Vail Systems
 
January 25, 2007 Workshop - Short Course on Bayesian Statistics and Marketing
Greg Allenby, Ohio State University
Peter Rossi, University of Chicago
 
February 20, 2007 Luncheon - The use of recurrence quantification analysis to describe nonlinear biological systems
Joe Zbilut, Rush University

 
March 9, 2007 Career Forum
 
March 20, 2007 Luncheon - The difficulties and delights of being the general manager of a minor league baseball team.
Rick Rungaitis, GM of the Schaumburg Flyers

 
April 25, 2007 Luncheon - Nonparametric Bayesian models
George Karabatsos, UIC
 

May 11, 2007

Conference
Modeling Atmospheric Data and Climate Change Models

 

June 1, 2007

Luncheon - Statistical Models for Handicapping Race Horses
Joe Kristufek
 

   
2005 - 2006
 
 
September 27, 2005 Luncheon - Case Studies
Using SAS's Enterprise Mining Package
 

October 11, 2005

Statistician of the Year Award Dinner
George Tiao
, University of Chicago
 

October 26, 2005

Luncheon - TBA
 
November 22, 2005 Luncheon - TBA
 
December 27, 2005 Luncheon - Is Dictionary-making a Numbers Game?
 
January 24, 2006 Luncheon - Your Chapter and You
 
February 28, 2006 Luncheon - Galton’s Ghost: The Eugenics Movement in the History of Statistics by Lou Fogg, Rush University
Download: Slides and Bibliography
 
March 27, 2006 Play Ball! Insights from The Fielding Bible
 
March 31, 2006 Workshop - David W. Hosmer,
Applied Logistic Regression
 
April 25, 2006 Luncheon - Statistics and New Product Innovation
by Kathy Morrissey, Strategy 2 Market, Inc.
 
May 5, 2006 Conference -
Cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis

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June 23, 2006 Statistical Advocate Award ceremony
In conjunction with MSMESB (Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business) and the University of Chicago
   
2004 - 2005
 
 

September 28, 2004

Luncheon presentation by Gian Fulgoni,
CEO at comScore
 

October 19, 2004 Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate Award Dinner
Fritz Scheuren, NORC
 

October 26, 2004

Luncheon presentation by Eric Greenleaf,
Professor of Marketing at New York University
 

November 16, 2004 Luncheon presentation by Ross Link,
owner of Marketing Analytics

 
December 1, 2004 Statistician of the Year Award Dinner
 
January 11, 2005
Software Study Group: XLMiner: Excel Add-In for Data Mining
 
January 21, 2005 Career Fair and recap
 
January 25, 2005 Luncheon presentation by John Watts,
SVP and Global Managing Director, Opinion Research Center
 
February 22, 2005 Luncheon presentation
Designing studies to discern antagonism or synergy between two or more drugs by Timothy O'Brien,
Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago
 
March 18, 2005 One-Day Short Course, David Draper,
Bayesian Modeling, Inference and Prediction
 
March 22, 2005 Luncheon presentation
Leveraging Macro and Micro Data Sources to Reach New Prospects and Retain Existing Customers  by Timothy J. Claytor,
Director -- Market Intelligence Solutions, TransUnion

 
April 26, 2005 Luncheon presentation
Uses of Data for a New Violence Reduction Intervention
by Dr. Gary Slutkin, Executive Director,
The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
 
May 6, 2005 Spring Conference
MAY I ask a question, please? Psychometric Issues and Impacts.

 
May 24, 2005 Luncheon presentation
Monte Carlo simulation methods in portfolio optimization.
by Richard O. Michaud, President and CIO,
New Frontier Advisors LLC.

 
   
2003-2004
 
 
September 23, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Prostrate cancer and variability in gene arrays: false positives and false negatives by Borko D. Jovanovic, Ph.D.,
Research Associate Professor of Preventative Medicine,
The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
 
October 14, 2003 Statistician of the Year Award presentation
Alan Agresti
 
October 28, 2003 Luncheon presentation
A Permutation Test to Compare Aggregate Matrices,
by Ramón  Durazo-Arvizu, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Research
 
November 18, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Rationale, design and a statistical issue by Dr. Kiang Liu, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
 
December 16, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Lynne I. Wagner
 
January 27, 2004 Luncheon presentation
Chiang-Ching Huang
 
February 24, 2004 Luncheon presentation
Bob Agnew
 
March 9, 2004 Software Study Group
 
March 23, 2004 Bioinformatics Technologies
 
April 2, 2004 Workshop by Michael G. Mulhern
Conjoint Analysis and Discrete Choice Modeling: Introduction, Comparison, and Recent Developments
 
April 27, 2004 Luncheon presentation
Michael L. Stein
 
May 7, 2004 Direct Marketing Conference
 
May 25, 2004 Luncheon presentation
Mike Rogalski
 
June 25, 2004 Workshop
Design and Monitoring of Flexible (Adaptive) Clinical Trials
   
2002 - 2003
 
 
September 10, 2002 Luncheon presentation
Distance Learning of Statistics by Lou Fogg, Rush University
 
October 8, 2002 Luncheon presentation
An Introduction to Six Sigma by  by Tim Watts,
Director of Finance, Zurich Life
 
November 12, 2002 Luncheon presentation
Integrating Databases and Statistics: A Case Study
by Patrick Fleury, opNUMERICS and the University of Chicago
 
  December 10, 2002 Luncheon Presentation
Young Geniuses and Old Masters: The Life Cycles of Great Modern Artists, by David Galenson, Professor of Economics,
University of Chicago
 
  January 21, 2003 Luncheon Presentation
What's Up in the Job Market? by Linda Burtch,
Smith Hanley Associates
 
  February 11, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Response Modeling with Non-Random Marketing Mix Variables
by Peter E. Rossi, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
 
  March 11, 2003 Luncheon presentation
An Introduction to Partial Profile Choice Experiments:  Rationale, Design, Analysis and Empirical Tests by Keith Chrzan, Maritz Research
 
  April 8, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Developing Statistical Tools for Measuring Health Care Performance by Kwan Y. Lee, PhD, SM, Project Director of Statistical Analysis Division of Research, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
 
  April 29, 2003 Luncheon presentation
Price Optimization: Using Logistic Regressions to Maximize Profitability by Stephen Maguire
 
  May 8, 2003 75th Anniversary Celebration Chicago Chapter American Statistical Association:Reception and original show--Uncertain Comedy
 
  May 9, 2003 Conference Luncheon  Presentation of the
Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate Award
 
  May 9, 2003 Statistics and Public Policy Conference
 
     
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