Jon Anderson

Engin Sungur, Jon E. Anderson, Benjamin S. Winchester, "Integration of Service-Learning Into Statistics Education." In Mathematics in Service to the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in the Mathematical Sciences, MAA Notes #66 pp.101-110: The Mathematical Association of America, 2005

Abstract: We present ways in which we have improved our statistics curriculum by making connections with our community through service-learning projects. We focus on three primary approaches: course structure, course content, and bringing in outside contact and experiences. Course structure aspects include course projects and assignments and the creation and integration of our Civic Engagement Workbook. Under course content we present examples to illustrate learning objectives through a community connection. Collaboration involves units both within and outside the university, the incorporation of consulting, and student feedback and reactions.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Service-Community-Service-learning-Mathematical/dp/0883851768

Jong-Min Kim

Abstract: We present ways in which we have improved our statistics curriculum by making connections with our community through service-learning projects. We focus on three primary approaches: course structure, course content, and bringing in outside contact and experiences. Course structure aspects include course projects and assignments and the creation and integration of our Civic Engagement Workbook. Under course content we present examples to illustrate learning objectives through a community connection. Collaboration involves units both within and outside the university, the incorporation of consulting, and student feedback and reactions.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Service-Community-Service-learning-Mathematical/dp/0883851768

Engin Sungur

Engin Sungur, "A Note on Directional Dependence in Regression Setting." In Communications in Statistics--Theory and Methods: Regression Analysis, Volume 34, pp 1957-1965: Taylor and Francis, Inc, 2005

ABSTRACT : In this article, we define and study the concept of directional dependence in bivariate regression setting by using copulas. We consider two cases of directional dependence; one originating from marginals and the other originating from the joint behavior of variables. We also generalize and clarify the results given by Dodge and Rousson (2000) and Muddapur (2003).

Key words and phrases: Copulas; Regression function; Directional dependence; Correlation

Engin Sungur, "Regression Analysis Some Observations on Copula Regression Functions." In Communications in Statistics--Theory and Methods: Regression Analysis , Volume 34: pp. 1967-1978, Taylor and Francis, Inc., 2005

ABSTRACT: The main objective of this paper is to introduce an alternative way of looking at regression analysis by using copulas. To achieve our objective we work on copula regression function, study its properties, and discuss advantages that will come out from our approach.

KEY WORDS: Copula; Regression; Conditional copula

Engin Sungur, Peh Ng, " A Decomposition of Copulas and Its Use." In Communications in Statistics--Theory and Methods: Regression Analysis, Volume 34, No. 12 pp. 2269-2282: Taylor and Francis, Inc., 2005

ABSTRACT: In this article, we create a decomposition that represents and describes the dependence structure between two variables. Since copulas provide a deep understanding of the dependence structure by eliminating the effects of the marginals, they play a key role in this study. We define a discretized copula density matrix and we decompose it into a set of permutation matrices by using the Birkhoff - von Neumann Theorem. This decomposition provides a way to effectively apply the concepts of copulas to solve problems in multivariate statistical data analysis.

KEY WORDS: Birkhoff - von Neumann theorem, Copulas, Discretized copulas, Gini's measure, Permutation matrix, Doubly stochastic matrix, Prior probability.

Abstract: We present ways in which we have improved our statistics curriculum by making connections with our community through service-learning projects. We focus on three primary approaches: course structure, course content, and bringing in outside contact and experiences. Course structure aspects include course projects and assignments and the creation and integration of our Civic Engagement Workbook. Under course content we present examples to illustrate learning objectives through a community connection. Collaboration involves units both within and outside the university, the incorporation of consulting, and student feedback and reactions.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Service-Community-Service-learning-Mathematical/dp/0883851768

Ben Winchester

Abstract: We present ways in which we have improved our statistics curriculum by making connections with our community through service-learning projects. We focus on three primary approaches: course structure, course content, and bringing in outside contact and experiences. Course structure aspects include course projects and assignments and the creation and integration of our Civic Engagement Workbook. Under course content we present examples to illustrate learning objectives through a community connection. Collaboration involves units both within and outside the university, the incorporation of consulting, and student feedback and reactions.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Service-Community-Service-learning-Mathematical/dp/0883851768