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Data Science Reveals the Hidden Connection between Online Influencer Marketing and Follower Income Level

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, […]

How to plan prices when you don’t know what’s coming

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 […]

Unlocking Insights

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 Fox School launches a Center for Ethics, Diversity and Workplace Culture

The Center for Ethics, Diversity and Workplace Culture (CEDWC) is the brainchild of Leora Eisenstadt, associate professor in the Department of Legal Studies at the Fox School of Business at Temple University. The center, which soft-launched in Spring 2020, will be a hub for research, dialogue and innovation.  To get a sense of the past, […]

From Temple Made to Temple Making: Stat professor discusses building her career at the Fox School

“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 […]

The excellence in uncertainty

Richard George doesn’t like uncertainty.  “I like things laid out and predictable,” George says. His bachelor’s degree in Mathematics fed that need—what’s more predictable than math? But when he sought to expand his career into something new, he found himself studying a subject that tries to make sense of uncertainty: actuarial science.  “Actuarial science aims […]

Creating trailblazers through degrees in Business Analytics, Statistics and Data Science

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 […]

PhD Candidate Gets Paper Accepted in Journal of Sports Analytics

Scott Bruce, a Fox School of Business PhD candidate in the Statistical Science department, recently had his paper, “A Scalable Framework for NBA Player and Team Comparisons Using Player Tracking Data,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Sports Analytics. In this paper, Bruce discusses the endless possibilities yielded by creating new statistics that can […]

New name and academic program coming for Fox School’s Department of Statistics

One of the first-established academic departments at Temple University’s Fox School of Business is getting a new name, and is set to introduce a new undergraduate degree program. The Fox School’s Department of Statistics will soon be rebranded as the Department of Statistical Science. Additionally, the department will unveil a Bachelor of Science degree program […]

Fox School professor receives Microsoft’s MVP Award

A professor from Temple University’s Fox School of Business has been named a Microsoft MVP. Professor of Statistics Dr. Isaac Gottlieb, whose passion for teaching students the ins and outs of Microsoft Excel, earned distinction as one of Microsoft’s 2015 Most Valuable Professionals. This marks the second straight year Gottlieb has been so recognized. Microsoft’s […]

Fox Statistics Professor Awarded $843,000 Research Grant

For one researcher at the Fox School of Business, time is literally of the essence. Dr. Robert T. Krafty, who will supervise research into biomedical time-series data collecting, has received a grant exceeding $843,000, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). “The grant and all of my work looks […]

Fox PhD in Statistics Graduate Lands Tenure-Track Position at St. Joseph’s University

Former Fox School of Business PhD student Nicolle Clements has received an assistant professor position on a tenure track at St. Joseph’s University (SJU). Clements served as a visiting professor at SJU until graduating in May 2013, when she received her PhD in statistics. While at Temple, Clements, under the advisement of Cyrus H. K. […]

Dr. Jagbir Singh Receives Fox’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Fox School of Business presented Dr. Jagbir Singh with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual Research Roundtable and Research Awards on October 25, 2013.  Dr. Singh, a Professor of Statistics, has taught across disciplines for more than three decades at Temple University.  He has authored or co-authored over 50 research papers; co-authored […]

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