Terence’s Stuff: Why do we do research?
A career in research requires, above all else, enough motivation—and a real passion for the subject—argues Terry Speed.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: GLMs and GLIM
Terry Speed recalls the devising of generalized linear models (GLMs) and pays tribute to their inventors, John Nelder and Robert Wedderburn.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Male Champions of Change (MCC)
Terry Speed returns to the topic of gender equity, and wonders how can we learn from the model of Male Champions of Change?
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: “To See Oursels as Ithers See Us”
Terry Speed is thinking about how “ithers” see us, and what we can do to make ourselves more appealing…
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Creativity in Statistics
Terry Speed thinks that we should be more open about the creative process in data analysis, not hide it away from view.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Give Industry a Chance
All Terry Speed is saying is, “Give industry a chance”… If you are in academia, as most IMS members are, have you considered alternative careers?
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: My 15 Minutes of Fame
Terry Speed has had a brush with fame. Winning the Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, he may have helped to raise the profile of statistics
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Travel
If travel broadens the mind, Terry Speed must be one of the most broad-minded people you’ll meet, quite possibly at the next conference you go to.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Statistics and The War
Terry Speed reflects on the significant advances made in statistics during, and because of, the Second World War.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Meeting the Public
Giving public lectures is a part of the job for senior academics. Terry Speed reflects on his recent experience of addressing a more general audience.
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: A Rant
Terry Speed is mad as hell that we are still struggling for gender equity after all these years. Are you doing something about it?
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Least-but-not-last Squares
In this issue, Terry Speed surveys the history of least squares, which has applications to life, the universe and everything…
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: 0.886 And All That
In the last issue, Terry Speed wrote about n vs n−1. So what links that topic to Walter Shewhart and control charts? 0.886!
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: n vs n-1
“Why is the denominator in the sample mean n, but the denominator for the sample variance is n−1?” a reader asked me. My answer needs to be comprehensible to his [ More.. ]
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Does it work in practice?
For many statisticians, working in theory is the same as working in practice. Terry Speed begs to disagree.
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