Statistics Department News

Across higher education, nearly all professors are focused on one key challenge: struggling to help students engage in class.   Faculty at schools and colleges across the country have witnessed low attendance, limited participation and quieter (Zoom or in-person) classrooms. While exacerbated during the pandemic, as students return to the physical classroom in larger numbers, […]

Both seasoned academics and attendees with no prior research experience learned valuable lessons from the conference about social responsibility in research. For hundreds of years, business schools have operated under the principle that the primary goal of business is to build shareholders’ wealth. As the world faces looming existential issues such as climate change and […]

Authors Zi’Ang Li (UNC Chapel Hill), Zhigen Zhao (Temple University), Sabrina (Zi Tong) Peng (UNC Chapel Hill), Yijie Sheng (BIT), Liyu Dou (CUHK-Shenzhen) and Yang Yang (Fairsky Law) share their expertise and insights on why influencer marketing on TikTok may only work for users in certain economic groups.  Influencer marketing on short-video platforms like TikTok, […]

Businesses rely on data when pricing their products. Cost of labor and material, seasonality and consumer demographic information all have a part to play. And this pricing puzzle becomes even more complicated when the products are limited in supply and have different customizations to choose from—for example, economy, business or first-class plane tickets.  Accurately pricing […]

Dear Friends, As we settle into the first quarter of the year, here at the Fox MSBA, as in the rest of the world, we are still dealing with COVID-19, the effects of the pandemic, and the challenges it poses. However, I am proud of the resilience our Fox Analytics community has continued to show. We […]

Numbers are everywhere. We’re constantly generating and searching through enormous amounts of data, and rarely do we recognize how much we really use.  Statisticians, on the other hand, are very aware of these complexities in our daily life. From recommendation systems to clinical trials, these experts can clearly see how our Netflix likes and health […]

The 2021 Data Science Conference brought together leading researchers and experts to explore technical aspects of statistical machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning that are relevant to data-driven investment methodologies. The conference, held on Nov. 10, 2021 at the Union League of Philadelphia, was co-hosted by the Temple University’s Data Science Institute, housed […]

Vishesh Karwa, assistant professor of statistical science, joined the Fox School in 2018. Prior to his time at the Fox School, he served in the Department of Statistics at Ohio State University. He previously served two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Research and Computation for Society and one year at […]

“I have an interesting perspective because I know what it is like to be a student going through a program in our department at the Fox School,” says Lauren Burns, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Statistical Science. “It makes my experience a little different as a faculty member because it has not […]

When given the choice of nearly 200 radio stations, the average Sirius XM radio subscriber almost always rotates between just three or four channels. Those few stations provide a glimpse of the subscriber: their hobbies, potential consumer activity as well as what they care about. Through that brief glimpse, conclusions can be drawn. That’s the […]

Fahim Kazmi, MS ’19, is passionate about data analysis.  “When I was first researching the field, I realized how amazing these skills were—you can create miracles working in pharmaceuticals, create new medicines and help with the creation of a vaccine,” he says.  With a bachelor’s degree in engineering and experience working as a mechanical engineer […]

A year ago, the phrase “Zoom fatigue” meant nothing to most of us. Now that our lives, education and jobs exist mainly at home, staying focused and engaged in a virtual environment has its challenges.  But Fox School staff and faculty have worked tirelessly to keep students engaged in a myriad of ways. From leveraging […]

When most people use social media, they’re either chatting with friends or scrolling through feeds. Data mining is not usually top of mind—but for Jimmy Quan, it is.  Quan, a Fox School senior majoring in Statistical Science and Data Analytics (SSDA), spent his summer researching how social media users can weigh the tradeoffs between using […]

Every industry analyzes data to understand and predict customer behavior, and, in today’s data-driven world, executives must be able to understand, make sense of the data and tell stories that help drive profitability. The Fox MSBA program has shaped minds to understand data and visualize and analyze it for decision making. This requires a mix […]

With an estimated 2.7 million new jobs for data science and analytics talent expected to post this year, employer demand for professionals with data and analytics skills continues to grow, according to a recent report from Burning Glass Technologies, Business-Higher Education Forum, and IBM. Nearly all industries–particularly finance and insurance, information technology, and professional services–are […]