of the Statistical Society of Canada (SORA)
University of Toronto
Health
Network
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SORA-TABA 2010: Applied Bayesian Methods in Business and Bio- Statistics |
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One-Day Workshop |
| Amphitheatre, College Residence Hotel, 90 Gerrard St West |
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The Southern Ontario Regional Association of the Statistical Society of Canada and American Statistical Association, in cooperation with The Applied Biostatistics Association and the University Health Network are pleased to announce its 2010 workshop: Applied Bayesian Methods in Business and Bio- Statistics.
| What: | Workshop on Applied Bayesian Methods in Business and Bio- Statistics | |
| When: | Thursday, May 13, 2010 | |
| Who: | Dr. Andy Willan |
Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of Quantitative Methods at SickKids Research Institute Professor of Biostatistics in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto Professor Emeritus in the Department of
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University
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| Dr. Michael Escobar |
Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public
Health and the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto
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| Dr. Steven Wang | Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University | |
| Where: |
Amphitheatre, College Residence Hotel, 90 Gerrard St West Corner of Elizabeth and Gerrard Streets |
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Who should attend:
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Business and Bio Statisticians | |
Incorporation of computational Bayesian methods in popular statistical software has resulted in a renewed interest in Bayesian methods in both business and bio- statistics. Attend SORA-TABA’s 4 th Annual Workshop in applied statistics to learn how to improve your analyses and decision-making by applying Bayesian methods.
The opening session by Dr. Andy Willan, Why a Bayesian Be (And a Frequentist Be Not), will lay the foundation for the plenary and concurrent sessions that concentrate on business or bio- statistics.
Business statistics sessions: Dr. Steven Wang will present Statistical Data Mining of Continuous and Categorical Data. This session will present examples using R.
Biostatistics sessions: Dr. Michael Escobar will present Introduction to Bayesian Methods. This session will present examples using WINBUGS.
The afternoon sessions include the opportunity for participants to do statistical analyses in WINBUGS and R using their laptops.
Please visit the workshop website for more detailed abstracts, biographies, and to register.
Intended for applied statisticians in business and biostatistics. |
| Registration
fee is $95 per
person, breakfast and lunch
included. |