Statistical Interactions from a Growth Curve Perspective

Growth Curve Models and Statistical Diagnostics

A Statistical Physics Perspective on Web Growth

Approaches from statistical physics are applied to investigate the structure of network models whose growth rules mimic aspects of the evolution of the World Wide Web. We first determine the degree distribution of a growing network in which nodes are introduced one at a time and attach to an earlier node of degree k with rate Ak k. Very different behaviors arise for c < 1, c 1⁄4 1, and c > 1. W...

Statistical Software from a Blind Person’s Perspective

Blind people have experienced access issues to many software applications since the advent of the Windows operating system; statistical software has proven to follow the rule and not be an exception. The ability to use R within minutes of download with next to no adaptation has opened doors for accessible production of statistical analyses for this author (himself blind) and blind students arou...

Protein Folding: A Perspective From Statistical Physics

In this paper, we introduce an approach to the protein folding problem from the point of view of statistical physics. Protein folding is a stochastic process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional 3D structure from random coil. The process involves an intricate interplay between global geometry and local structure, and each protein seems to present special problems....

Statistical Inference from a DS Perspective

Present issues concern why and how the theory has the potential to develop into a major competitor of the "frequentist" and "Bayesian" outlooks. This for me is a work in progress. My understanding has evolved substantially over the past eight years of my emeritus status, during which DS has been my major focus. It was also a major focus of mine over the eight years beginning in 1961 when I firs...