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Miss Yi Xue
Master(Statistics),BSc (Hons) (Statistics), BSc(statistics)) University of Auckland

Biography
I did my Bachelor degree here at the University of Auckland in Statistics. After graduating in 2016, I decided to keep exploring my interest of statistics. I obtained my Honours and Masters degree in Statistics from the University of Auckland until 2018. Then I joined the Department of Statistics as a PhD student in July 2019, under the supervision of Dr Claudia Liliana Rivera Rodriguez and Professor Thomas Lumley.
Research | Current
My research project aims to develop a new method for the analysis of correlated data by combining the theory of conditional likelihood and the theory of mixed models. I often aim to understand fundamental two-phase studies and correlated data.
Teaching | Current
I have assisted in tutoring the following courses:
- STATS 10X (Introduction to Statistics)
- STATS 125 (Probability and Its Applications)
- STATS 20X (Data Analysis)
- STATS 210 (Statistical Theory)
- STATS 331 (Introduction to Bayesian Statistics)
Postgraduate supervision
PhD research topic: Developing and implementing methods that efficiently analyse clustered data in two-phase studies (2019-2023)
- Main Supervisor: Dr Claudia Liliana Rivera Rodriguez
- Co-Supervisor: Professor Thomas Lumley and Dr Sarah Cullum
Master Project: Tools for climate data (2018)
- Supervisor: Dr Ian Tuck
BSc(Honours) Project: Implementation of a Bayesian nonparametric time series approach in BUGS?JAGS (2017)
- Supervisor: Professor Renate Meyer
Committees/Professional groups/Services
NZ Statistical Association member
Contact details
Primary office location
SCIENCE CENTRE 303S - Bldg 303S
Level 3, Room 361
38 PRINCES ST
AUCKLAND CENTRAL
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand