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Details: Professor Peter McCullagh, Professor at the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago, has been invited to speak at the CHL Amphitheatre on Wednesday 6 April 2016 at 17:00.
A study published in 1943 by Fisher, Corbet and Williams concerned the relation between the number of species and the number of specimens in random samples.
“In this talk, I will explain how Fisher’s log-series distribution is a consequence of three mathematical axioms: exchangeability, consistency and self-similarity. If time permits, I will discuss the implications for empirical studies of a similar sort, including Fairfield-Smith’s work on the variance of spatial averages,” Professor Peter McCullagh wrote on the lecture.
Professor McCullagh is a Fellow of the Royal Society as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The event will be hosted by the Luxembourg Statistical Society.
Venue: Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg (CHL) - Amphithéâtre (4, rue Ernest Barblé L-1210 Luxembourg)
Organiser: The Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
Price: n/a
Reservations: To attend the event, email admin@luxstat.lu
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