Statistics

Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data, to estimate a value of a population parameter. A highly interdisciplinary field, it finds applicability in virtually all scientific fields to motivate and develop new statistical methods and theory. It can be used to make better-informed business decisions, and can also be applied in various disciplines such as psychology, business, physical and social sciences, humanities, government, and manufacturing. Statistics also has great application and impact in test and verification of economic theories and principles, understanding and study of economic problems, economic planning, and measurement of economic indicators.

Entities

Bureau of Economic Analysis
CSULB Beach Investment Group
Citadel
Della Parola Capital Management
Kepos Capital
Martin Fund Management
Renaissance Technologies
Stevens Capital Management
Talon Advisors
Versor Investments
Winton Capital Management

People

Aaron Brown
Adam Grant
Ajay Agrawal
Alfonso Peccatiello
Amlan Roy
Amos Tversky
Amy Jaffe
Anas Alhajji
Andrew Freedman
Andrew Lo
Andy Norman
Ankit Sahni
Arthur Burns
Avi Goldfarb
Balaji Srinivasan
Ben Goertzel
Bennett Tomlin
Bill Black
Bill Danko
Bob Bodily
Brannigan Barrett
Brett Steenbarger
Brett Whysel
Charles Wheelan
Cherie Hu
Chip Russell
Chris Balding
Chris Burniske
Christina Ramirez
Claudia Sahm
Craig Mackinlay
Dan Ariely
Dan Suzuki
Daniel Ahn
Dario Villani
Darrell Huff
David Berns
David Eagleman
David Freedman
David Shor
Dennis Kimbro
Enrique Chang
Eric Chemi
Eric Crittenden
Eric Parnell
Eric Schadt
Ethan Buchman
Evan Tindell
Filippo Franchini
Gary Shilling
Gene Steuerle
George Brod
Gerald Jensen
Giuseppe Paleologo
Greg Mankiw
Hans Rosling
Harry Kaiser
Herbert Simon
Hossein Azari
Ian Sims
John Law
Jon Haidt
Josh Olszewicz
Joshua Gans
Joshua Landis
Julia Pollak
Keith Brown
Kevin Nugent
Kris Sidial
Kyla Scanlon
Leo Mizuhara
Lucrezia Reichlin
Luis Seco
Luke Lango
Marc Potters
Max Song
Megan Greene
Michael Block
Michael Edesess
Michael Finke
Mike Drury
Mike Gallagher
Milton Friedman
Moritz Heiden
Nassim Taleb
Nate Hagens
Nate Silver
Naufal Sanaullah
Nicholas Christakis
Nick Maggiulli
Ophir Gottlieb
Paul Schulte
Pavlina Tcherneva
Philip Tetlock
Pradeep Ravikumar
Ramon DeGennaro
Raphael Douady
Richard Werner
Rob Viglione
Robert Spalding
Roham Gharegozlou
Rolf Hoefer
Rudy Martin
Samuel Rines
Savvas Savouri
Scott Irwin
Siddhartha Jha
Sinan Aral
Stephen Brown
Steve Keen
Steve Pischke
Thanh-Long Huynh
Todd Erickson
Tom Claugus
Tomas Philipson
Vasant Dhar
Victor Niederhoffer
Wade Pfau
Wayne Himelsein
William Goetzmann
William White
Yaneer Bar-Yam

Publications

A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street
Against the Gods
An Introduction to Value-at-Risk
Angrynomics
Doing Data Science
Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Encyclopedia of Financial Models
Getting Started in Value Investing
High Yield Digest
How to Lie with Statistics
Mastering 'Metrics
Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management
Naked Statistics
Quantitative Equity Investing
Robust Portfolio Optimization and Management
Statistical Models
Statistics
Technical Analysis is Mostly Bullshit
The Reformed Broker
The Set and Forget 11% Portfolio
Trading Psychology 2.0
Trading Risk
What Works on Wall Street

Strategies

Demographics
Predictive Modeling

Terms

Bayesian Inference
Econometrics
Electronic Trading
Financial Economics
Mathematical Topics
Modern Portfolio Theory

Aaron Brown

Adam Grant

Ajay Agrawal

Alfonso Peccatiello

Amlan Roy

Amos Tversky

Amy Jaffe

Anas Alhajji

Andrew Freedman

Andrew Lo

Andy Norman

Ankit Sahni

Arthur Burns

Avi Goldfarb

Balaji Srinivasan

Ben Goertzel

Bennett Tomlin

Bill Black

Bill Danko

Bob Bodily

Brannigan Barrett

Brett Steenbarger

Brett Whysel

Charles Wheelan

Cherie Hu

Chip Russell

Chris Balding

Chris Burniske

Christina Ramirez

Claudia Sahm

Craig Mackinlay

Dan Ariely

Dan Suzuki

Daniel Ahn

Dario Villani

Darrell Huff

David Berns

David Eagleman

David Freedman

David Shor

Dennis Kimbro

Enrique Chang

Eric Chemi

Eric Crittenden

Eric Parnell

Eric Schadt

Ethan Buchman

Evan Tindell

Filippo Franchini

Gary Shilling

Gene Steuerle

George Brod

Gerald Jensen

Giuseppe Paleologo

Greg Mankiw

Hans Rosling

Harry Kaiser

Herbert Simon

Hossein Azari

Ian Sims

John Law

Jon Haidt

Josh Olszewicz

Joshua Gans

Joshua Landis

Julia Pollak

Keith Brown

Kevin Nugent

Kris Sidial

Kyla Scanlon

Leo Mizuhara

Lucrezia Reichlin

Luis Seco

Luke Lango

Marc Potters

Max Song

Megan Greene

Michael Block

Michael Edesess

Michael Finke

Mike Drury

Mike Gallagher

Milton Friedman

Moritz Heiden

Nassim Taleb

Nate Hagens

Nate Silver

Naufal Sanaullah

Nicholas Christakis

Nick Maggiulli

Ophir Gottlieb

Paul Schulte

Pavlina Tcherneva

Philip Tetlock

Pradeep Ravikumar

Ramon DeGennaro

Raphael Douady

Richard Werner

Rob Viglione

Robert Spalding

Roham Gharegozlou

Rolf Hoefer

Rudy Martin

Samuel Rines

Savvas Savouri

Scott Irwin

Siddhartha Jha

Sinan Aral

Stephen Brown

Steve Keen

Steve Pischke

Thanh-Long Huynh

Todd Erickson

Tom Claugus

Tomas Philipson

Vasant Dhar

Victor Niederhoffer

Wade Pfau

Wayne Himelsein

William Goetzmann

William White

Yaneer Bar-Yam