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Robin Turner (statistician)

Robin Turner (statistician) is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Robin Turner (statistician) rather than just read about it. In short: Robin Maree Turner (born 1976) is a New Zealand statistician, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in applying biostatistics to health-related research. She is the director of the Biostatistics Centre in the School of Medicine.

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Reference excerpt

Robin Maree Turner (born 1976) is a New Zealand statistician, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in applying biostatistics to health-related research. She is the director of the Biostatistics Centre in the School of Medicine.

Academic career Having wanted to be an astronaut as a child, and then turning her attention to astronomy, Turner initially studied physics, astronomy and mathematics at the University of Canterbury. Turner then completed a PhD titled Independent component analysis of personality and symptoms of depression and statistical parametric mapping of personality and brain function also at Canterbury. Her research was supervised by Irene Hudson. After living in Australia for twelve years, where she worked at the University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales, Turner then returned to New Zealand to join the faculty of the University of Otago in 2017. She was promoted to full professor in 2022. She is the inaugural Director of the Otago School of Medicine Biostatistics Centre. Turner's research focuses on applying biostatistical methods to health-related research. She works across a variety of health-related areas, including epidemiology of respiratory viruses, risk factors for chronic disease, and how to improve the follow-up and monitoring of cancer patients. She has also worked on methods for designing clinical trails to allow the effect of patient treatment preferences to be assessed, and is interested in investigating the accuracy of diagnostic tests.

Personal life Turner is a keen bagpiper.

Selected works

Meagan Brennan; Robin M Turner; Stefano Ciatto; M Luke Marinovich; James R French; Petra Macaskill; Nehmat Houssami (14 April 2011). "Ductal carcinoma in situ at core-needle biopsy: meta-analysis of underestimation and predictors of invasive breast cancer". Radiology. 260 (1): 119–128. doi:10.1148/radiol.11102368. ISSN 0033-8419. PMID 21493791. Wikidata Q57614537. Nehmat Houssami; Stefano Ciatto; Robin M Turner; Hiram S Cody; Petra Macaskill (1 August 2011). "Preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of axillary nodes in invasive breast cancer: meta-analysis of its accuracy and utility in staging the axilla". Annals of Surgery. 254 (2): 243–251. doi:10.1097/sla.0b013e31821f1564. ISSN 0003-4932. PMID 21597359. Wikidata Q37877498. M Cardona-Morrell; Jch Kim; R M Turner; M Anstey; I A Mitchell; K Hillman (27 June 2016). "Non-beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life: a systematic review on extent of the problem". International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 28 (4): 456–469. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzw060. ISSN 1353-4505. PMID 27353273. Wikidata Q36063539. Nehmat Houssami; Robin Turner; Monica Morrow (1 February 2013). "Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer: meta-analysis of surgical outcomes". Annals of Surgery. 257 (2): 249–255. doi:10.1097/sla.0b013e31827a8d17. ISSN 0003-4932. PMID 23187751. Wikidata Q43915022. Jesse Jansen; Vasikaran Naganathan; Stacy M Carter; et al. (3 June 2016). "Too much medicine in older people? Deprescribing through shared decision making". The BMJ. 353 i2893. doi:10.1136/bmj.i2893. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 27260319. Wikidata Q47732937. Philip Masson; Angela Webster; Martin Hong; Robin Turner; Richard I Lindley; Jonathan C Craig (12 February 2015). "Chronic kidney disease and the risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 30 (7): 1162–1169. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfv009. ISSN 0931-0509. PMID 25681099. Wikidata Q38355231. Gabrielle J Williams; Petra Macaskill; Siew F Chan; Robin M Turner; Elisabeth Hodson; Jonathan C Craig (1 April 2010). "Absolute and relative accuracy of rapid urine tests for urinary tract infection in children: a meta-analysis". Lancet Infectious Diseases. 10 (4): 240–250. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70031-1. ISSN 1473-3099. PMID 20334847. Wikidata Q37718316. D. Byatt; M.L. Dalrymple; R.M. Turner (August 2004). "Searching for primes in the digits of π". Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 48 (3–4): 497–504. doi:10.1016/j.camwa.2003.12.007. hdl:10092/11467. ISSN 0898-1221. Zbl 1101.11052. Wikidata Q125756312.

References

External links Approaching significance, Inaugural professorial lecture by Robin Turner, 6 April 2023, via YouTube

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Robin Turner (statistician)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Robin Turner (statistician) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Robin Turner (statistician) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Robin Turner (statistician) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Robin Turner (statistician)

In research: Robin Turner (statistician) appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Robin Turner (statistician) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Robin Turner (statistician) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1976 births, 21st-century statisticians, Academic staff of the University of Otago, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Robin Turner (statistician) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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