Exploring survival analysis 2

ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the online MSc in Statistics and Data Science. 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 … Read more

Estimating the number of species

ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student on the M.Sc. in Statistics and Data Science. 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 … Read more

Exploring survival analysis 1

ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the online MSc in Statistics and Data Science. 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 … 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