Even after having taken an introductory statistics class, many students continue to struggle with the concepts of sampling distributions, sampling error, and statistical inference. As a first step in identifying ways of more effectively approaching these topics, the poster will examine methods currently used in popular text books and propose an alternative based on using binomial and Poisson di...

A new deformable shape model is defined with the following properties: (1) A-priori knowledge describes shapes not only by statistical variation of a fixed structure like active shape/appearance model but also by variability of structure using a production system. (2) Multi-resolution description of shape structures enable more constrained statistical variation of shape as the model evolves in ...

Statistical correction methods, the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) matching technique and Regional Statistics Method (RSM) are applied to adjust the limited temporal variability of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer E (AMSR-E) data using the Common Land Model (CLM). The temporal variability adjustment between CLM and AMSR-E data was conducted for annual and seasonal periods for 2003...

Statistical rhythmic metrics are applied on a Buckeye corpus [1] of spontaneous interview speech in order to investigate the extent of rhythm variability of between-speakers as well as the variability of within-speaker. The corpus consists of speech produced by speakers who share the same regional dialect in North America. The Buckeye corpus is unique in that the speech dataset is obtained from...

The development of a statistical compact model strategy for nano-scale CMOS transistors is presented in this thesis. Statistical variability which arises from the discreteness of charge and granularity of matter plays an important role in scaling of nano CMOS transistors especially in sub 50nm technology nodes. In order to achieve reasonable performance and yield in contemporary CMOS designs, t...

Local-box hydrodynamical model atmospheres provide statistical information about the spatial dependence, as well as temporal evolution, of a star’s emergent radiation field. Here, we consider late-type stellar atmospheres for which temporal changes of the radiative output are primarily related to convective (granular) surface flows. We derived relations for evaluating the granulation-induced, d...