http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/ 5 News Articles en-us Copyright 2008, Statistics & Actuarial Science Sat, 10 May 2008 16:36:08 EDT Sat, 10 May 2008 16:36:08 EDT Statistics & Actuarial Science In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/news/viewArticle.php?articleId=98 In a presidential election year, voting is uppermost on our minds. Candidates vie for attention, polls are taken, debates held, blogs written, primaries conducted, and, ultimately, a general election leads to the naming of the next president of the United States. Some of us are deeply engaged in these processes, and some keep them at a distance. Yet, most people wonder at some point: Does my vote matter? Is the election process fair? Are the votes being counted correctly? The answers to these ... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:30:00 EST http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/news/viewArticle.php?articleId=73 Several University of Central Florida professors are available to talk with news reporters about topics related to hurricanes. The group includes a professor and a Georgia colleague who run a Web site that tracks hurricanes worldwide and projects storm damage. Other professors can comment on storm surges that result from hurricanes and the impact of storms on gasoline prices and tourism. Contact information for each professor is listed below. If you need assistance reaching any of the prof... Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:00 EDT http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/news/viewArticle.php?articleId=69 ORLANDO -- Forecasters urged the oil industry this summer to stockpile supplies away from the U.S. Gulf Coast, which they predict will be hit by hurricane-force winds, potentially sending sky-high gas prices even higher, according to hazard models released on Wednesday. "It is almost certain there is going to be significant production disruption in the Gulf of Mexico this year. That's not good," said storm tracker Chuck Watson. "We're really urging the oil industry to ke... Wed, 23 May 2007 14:40:00 EDT http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/news/viewArticle.php?articleId=68 Most northern and central Florida counties, along with much of the nation’s Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines, face substantially higher-than-normal risks for hurricanes in 2007, according to an analysis by a University of Central Florida researcher and his Georgia colleague. Historically, counties such as Brevard, Hernando, Pinellas, Pasco and Volusia face an 8 percent to 10 percent chance of being struck by hurricane-force winds. But the probabilities of such winds striking ea... Wed, 23 May 2007 14:13:00 EDT http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/news/viewArticle.php?articleId=41 About 86 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 59 percent of the natural gas output are being disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, according to a new prediction model developed by a University of Central Florida researcher and his Georgia colleague. On their Web site, http://hurricane.methaz.org , UCF statistics professor Mark Johnson and Chuck Watson, founder of Kinetic Analysis Corp. of Savannah, Ga., also projected that 50.1 percent of oil output and 28.5 percent of natural gas... Thu, 01 Sep 2005 0:00:00 EDT