201 search results for “statistics” in the Student website
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities to provide M&S students an insight into their career perspectives.
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Hemmo Smit
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Laura Zwep
Science
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Peter Grünwald
Science
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Marta Fiocco
Science
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Gino Bertrand Kpogbezan
Science
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Lude Rozema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mark de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kevin Duisters
Science
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Jelle Goeman
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Michael Giffin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Thijs Bos
Science
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Johannes Schmidt-Hieber
Science
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Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis
Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden statistician Richard Gill. After his investigation, together with an Italian colleague, Poggiali was acquitted last autumn. Together with fellow statisticians,…
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Harold Nefs
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah Plukaard
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frans Rodenburg
Science
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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
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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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Goodbye SPSS, hallo R: ‘Now we can help students who like statistics to excel’
After the summer, the SPSS statistics programme will be replaced by the new ‘R’ software for first year students. Hemmo Smit and Sjoerd Huisman, both lecturers in Methodology and Statistics, initiated this major change in the curriculum. That did not happen overnight.
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Eiko Fried
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Richard Gill
Science
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Max van Haastrecht
Science
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Jacq Meulman
Science
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Rob Tijdeman
Science
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Xaver Funk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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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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Statistical literacy: ‘It’s about how we teach, not what we can teach’
Assistant Professor Lucie Zicha at Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague is on a mission to bring statistical literacy to all undergraduate students.
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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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These tips (might) help you win the EC football pool
Are you keen to beat your friends or colleagues and win the European Championship football pool? Statistician Marjolein Fokkema has some tips that might increase your chances.
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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
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Hannah Bliersbach
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henk Kelderman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
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Do you know how quantum can change society? Most people don’t
Quantum technology, statistics and a survey with memes: definitely not your everyday research. Julia Cramer (Leiden Institute of Physics) and Sanne Willems (Institute of Psychology) investigate how people perceive quantum.
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Methodology & Statistics Alumni meet students in Psychology
Alumni event, Career
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
Alumni event
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Statistics & Data Science
Afstudeerceremonie
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Leiden workshop leads to special issue Journal of Osteoarchaeology
In 2021 the Leiden Osteoarchaeology Lab hosted an international workshop on methods to study past physical activity. It aimed to tackle a niche topic with the field: namely the method of studying muscle attachments to bone. Dr Sarah Schrader, one of the organisers of the workshop: ‘You can quantify…
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Binding study advice (BSA)
As a bachelor’s student at Leiden University, you will be issued with binding study advice (BSA). This means you must obtain sufficient study credits in the first year of your bachelor’s programme to be permitted to continue studying. Some programmes also have additional requirements.
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Minors
A minor allows you to develop your knowledge beyond the boundaries of your study programme, or to specialise further in your own field of study. You can follow a minor in Leiden and also in Delft or Rotterdam.
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Elise Dusseldorp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Pieter Kroonenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marjolein Fokkema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Milco Wansleeben
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anja van der Voort
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vincent Croft-
Science