Statistics Hacks

Credits

About the Author

Bruce Frey, Ph.D., is a comic book collector and film buff. In his spare time, he teaches statistics to graduate students and conducts research in his secret identity as an assistant professor in Educational Psychology and Research at the University of Kansas. He is an award-winning teacher, and his scholarly research interests are in the areas of teacher-made tests and classroom assessment, the measurement of spirituality, and program evaluation methods. Bruce’s honors include taking third place in the Kansas Monopoly Championship as a teenager, second place in the Kansas Film Festival as a college student, and a respectable third-place finish in the Lawrence, Kansas, Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament as a middle-aged man. He is proudest of two accomplishments: his marriage to his sweet wife, and his purchase of a low-grade copy of Showcase #4, a comic book wherein the “Silver Age Flash first appears,” whatever that means.

Contributors

The following people contributed their hacks, writing, and inspiration to this book:

• Joseph Adler is the author of Baseball Hacks (O’Reilly), and a researcher in the Advanced Product Development Group at VeriSign, focusing on problems in user authentication, managed security services, and RFID security. Joe has years of experience analyzing data, building statistical models, and formulating business strategies as an employee and consultant for companies including DoubleClick, American Express, and Dun & Bradstreet. He is a graduate ...