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Ryan McShane

Assistant Instructional Professor of Statistics

The University of Chicago

Biography

Ryan McShane earned his Ph.D. in Statistical Science from Southern Methodist University in 2019. His research focuses on a blend of theoretical and applied statistics, which has included modeling intransitivity in paired comparisons and using GPS data to validate angling survey data, and is broadly interested in sports analytics, statistics and data science education, nonparametric methods, enumerative combinatorics, and interdisciplinary research. He has also worked in industry as a credit card credit risk analyst at USAA. He taught previously at Amherst College, Southern Methodist University, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Health Careers High School, and TexPREP.

Interests

  • Intransitivity in Paired Comparisons
  • Sports Analytics
  • Nonparametric Methods

Education

  • Ph.D. in Statistical Science, 2019

    Southern Methodist University

  • M.S. in Statistical Science, 2016

    Southern Methodist University

  • M.S. in Applied Statistics, 2013

    The University of Texas at San Antonio

  • B.S. in Mathematics, 2009

    St. Mary's University (Texas)

Selected Talks

Scissors beats Rock (and other failures of Transitive Models using Paired Comparisons)

If the Utah Jazz beat the Portland Trailblazers and the Trailblazers beat the Denver Nuggets, does that mean that the Jazz are better …

An Integrative Learning Experience with Qwixx: Play, Probability, Partnership, Planning, and Programming

Undergraduate students with data science and modeling prerequisites take an elective upper-level data science course centered on …

Using a Large GPS Dataset to Enhance Survey Matching

NOAA Fisheries is the United States’ federal steward of their nation’s ocean resources. To this end, they currently collect data on …

CRSP: Modeling Stochastically Intransitive Relationships between NBA Teams

If the Warriors beat the Rockets and the Rockets beat the Spurs, does that mean that the Warriors are better than the Spurs? …

CRSP: Modeling Stochastically Intransitive Relationships between NBA Teams

If the Warriors beat the Rockets and the Rockets beat the Spurs, does that mean that the Warriors are better than the Spurs? …

Publications

Validating Matches of Electronically Reported Fishing Trips to Investigate Matching Error

Recently, researchers have developed methods for combining probability samples and non-probability samples. In recreational fisheries …

The Impact of Nonsampling Errors on Estimators of Catch from Electronic Reporting Systems

The National Marine Fisheries Service is the agency charged with estimating the number of fish removed from US oceans by recreational …

Modeling Stochastically Intransitive Relationships in Paired Comparison Data

If the Warriors beat the Rockets and the Rockets beat the Spurs, does that mean that the Warriors are better than the Spurs? …

R Packages

posterdownLaTeX

posterdownLaTeX is a package to create LaTeX-based R Markdown posters

Skills (Σ=1)

R and SAS

25%

Probability

15%

Statistics

25%

Intransitivity

25%

Basketball Analytics

10%