We propose a novel bootstrap hypothesis testing approach for the problem of testing a null hypothesis of a common mean direction, mean polar axis, or mean shape across several populations of real unit ...

The International Prize in Statistics has been awarded to Bradley Efron, professor of statistics and biomedical data science at Stanford University, in recognition of the "bootstrap," a method he ...

Nonparametric methods form an important core of statistical techniques and are typically used when data do not meet parametric assumptions. Understanding the foundation of these methods, as well as ...

Neuropathological studies frequently determine the positions of cells on multiple brain tissue sections taken from multiple individuals. Interest arises in group comparisons of the spatial ...

R is a powerful open source programming environment primarily known for its statistical capabilities. In this course we will cover some advanced applications of R: distributed computing using the ...

For certain classes of data that may be very expensive or difficult to obtain, a new statistical technique may provide useful information from a single data run by allowing meaningful re-sampling. The ...