Dr. James Abdey
Dr James Abdey, Associate Professor (Education), University of London Programmes, LSE
James is an Associate Professor (Education) in Statistics having gained his PhD in 2010 from LSE, asking "To p, or not to p?"! He teaches the Department's large service-level undergraduate courses in mathematical statistics and quantitative methods, as well as elective courses in market research. His research interests include market research techniques and forensic statistics - the interplay of statistics and the law.
James has been closely involved with LSE's Summer School and the University of London International Programmes for a number of years and helped develop the BSc Data Science and Business Analytics degree. Outside of academia, he has also worked on various quantitative-based consultancy projects in areas including the art market and the World Gold Council. He is author of the recently-published textbook Business Analytics: Applied Modelling and Prediction with SAGE Publications Ltd.
Key Research
Abdey, James Spencer (2009) To p, or not to p?: quantifying inferential decision errors to assess whether significance truly is significant. PhD thesis, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Abdey, James (2013) Discussion paper: P-value likelihood ratios for evidence evaluation. Law, Probability and Risk, 12 (2). pp. 135-146. ISSN 1470-8396