Exploring survival analysis

Survival analysis refers to models and methods for survival data, that is, data on the failure of a system.  Usually this takes the form of times when failure occurs, with the failure referring to events like the system no longer working, or an accident, or some other adverse event.  The system may refer to some … Read more

Modelling number of species

This project is for the MSc in Statistics and Sustainability. In this project, we’ll look at the various ways in which ecologists have attempted to answer the question ‘How many species are there?’. Some of these methods are statistical, and we’ll focus on those, but we’ll also take a look at some of the other … Read more