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DESCRIPTION:Title: Excursions in Statistical History: Highlights\n\nAbstrac
 t:\n	Over the last 20 years\, the speaker has delved into the origins of ‘r
 egression’\; the development of the ’t’ and ‘Poisson’ distributions\; fore
 runners of the ‘hazard’ function\; and the statistical design and conduct 
 of US Selective Service lotteries from 1917 onwards. This talk will recoun
 t the stories\, data and simulations behind some of these\, and provide so
 me modern-day re-enactments.\n\nSpeaker\n	Dr. James Hanley is a Professor i
 n the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\, and an associate memb
 er in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University. H
 e is also a Senior Scientist in the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at R
 oyal Victoria Hospital. He received Statistical Society of Canada Award fo
 r Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work in 2016 and Lifetime Achievemen
 t Award from Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 2017.\n
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LOCATION:Room 1104\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue
  Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:James Hanley (McGill University)
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/mathstat/channels/event/james-hanley-mcgill-unive
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