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265 search results for “statistics” in the Student website

• MSc Data Statistics & Data Science Graduation Ceremony Event - 7 April 2026

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  Peter Grünwald Professor

  Faculty of Science

  pdg@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics News - 1 February 2018

  On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities to provide M&S students an insight into their career perspectives.

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  Lude Rozema Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.j.rozema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marta Fiocco Professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.fiocco@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277144

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  Hemmo Smit Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hsmit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273766

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  Jelle Goeman Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  j.j.goeman@lumc.nl | 071 5269700

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  Mark de Rooij Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  rooijm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274102

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  Laura Zwep Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  l.b.zwep@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wouter van Loon Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.s.van.loon@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis News - 25 April 2022

  Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden statistician Richard Gill. After his investigation, together with an Italian colleague, Poggiali was acquitted last autumn. Together with fellow statisticians,…

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  Harold Nefs Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.t.nefs@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273992

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  Sarah Plukaard Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.c.plukaard@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277937

• Smarter hypothesis testing with statistics: how e-values can improve scientific research News - 13 June 2025

  During his PhD research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-called e-values. These turn out to be more flexible – especially when you want to look at your results midway through the study.

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  Frans Rodenburg Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  f.j.rodenburg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• New assumption-free statistics offer a better choice for many research studies News - 19 June 2025

  PhD candidate Daniël Gomon has developed statistical methods that could significantly improve research in fields like medicine and demography. ‘Mathematicians don’t like unrealistic assumptions,’ he says. Gomon will defend his PhD thesis on 19 June.

• Cheating graphs: a lesson in statistics without arithmetic News - 24 June 2022

  Missing legends, illogical connections or three-dimensional graphs. There are many ways in which data can deceive. Five students took up the fight against misleading statistics. Their lesson series can now be found online.

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  Richard Gill Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  gill@math.leidenuniv.nl |

• KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer News - 12 July 2024

  Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a substantial grant from KiKa for it. With that money, she is going to study the effect of chemotherapy adjustments.

• Goodbye SPSS, hallo R: ‘Now we can help students who like statistics to excel’ News - 12 April 2023

  After the summer, the SPSS statistics programme will be replaced by the new ‘R’ software for first year students. Hemmo Smit and Sjoerd Huisman, both lecturers in Methodology and Statistics, initiated this major change in the curriculum. That did not happen overnight.

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  Jacqueline Meulman Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  jmeulman@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rob Tijdeman Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  tijdeman@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274831

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  Anja van der Voort Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  avoort@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274036

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  Eiko Fried Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.i.fried@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xaver Funk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  x.f.funk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant News - 11 April 2024

  Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathematical Institute (MI) and senior researcher in the Machine Learning group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant…

• Statistical literacy: ‘It’s about how we teach, not what we can teach’ News - 28 November 2023

  Assistant Professor Lucie Zicha at Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague is on a mission to bring statistical literacy to all undergraduate students.

• ‘I use a statistical analysis to estimate my travel time by bike’ News - 26 May 2023

  Why use Google Maps when you can also calculate your bike route based on your own data. Statistician and cyclist Alexander Dürre sees statistics in everything around him. He analyses data of soccer games and calculates the possible winners of cycling races. ‘When I have too much time, I apply statistics…

• Moons appointed professor by special appointment of the chair ‘Crime Statistics’ at Leiden University News - 16 April 2025

  As of 1 April 2025, Professor E.A.L.M.G (Elke) Moons has been appointed professor by special appointment of the chair ‘Crime Statistics’ at Leiden University’s Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden Law School.

• These tips (might) help you win the EC football pool News - 10 June 2024

  Are you keen to beat your friends or colleagues and win the European Championship football pool? Statistician Marjolein Fokkema has some tips that might increase your chances.

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  Henk Kelderman Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.kelderman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daan Zunnenberg PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  d.w.zunnenberg@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’ News - 7 December 2023

  'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…

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  Dirk van der Hoeven Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277146

• Graduation Ceremony Statistics & Data Science Event - 16 April 2025

  Graduation Ceremony

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  Pieter Kroonenberg Professor by Special appointment emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  p.m.kroonenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology Event - 10 February 2026

  Alumni event

• Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology Event - 6 March 2025

  Alumni event

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  Marjolein Fokkema Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.fokkema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277996

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  Tom Wilderjans Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.f.wilderjans@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276058

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  Elise Dusseldorp Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  elise.dusseldorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278046

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  Vincent Croft Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  v.a.croft@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarten Kampert Director LUXs

  LURIS

  m.m.d.kampert@luris.nl | 071 5272727

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  Valentina Masarotto Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  v.masarotto@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277134

• Leiden workshop leads to special issue Journal of Osteoarchaeology News - 27 June 2023

  In 2021 the Leiden Osteoarchaeology Lab hosted an international workshop on methods to study past physical activity. It aimed to tackle a niche topic with the field: namely the method of studying muscle attachments to bone. Dr Sarah Schrader, one of the organisers of the workshop: ‘You can quantify…

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  Milco Wansleeben Lecturer

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.wansleeben@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272930

• Master Thesis Lab

  The Master Thesis Lab (MTL) of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is open to students working on their Master thesis in any of the Institutes in our Faculty, providing both soft services and work tools. You are welcome, when all is going smoothly, when you experience a patch of storm, or…

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  Bunga Pratiwi Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  bunga.pratiwi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kenny van Lieshout Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.van.lieshout@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727