zabell@math.northwestern.edu
Professor of Statistics and Mathematics
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Statistics
Ph.D., 1974, Harvard University
My principal research interests revolve around mathematical probability (in particular, large deviation theory) and Bayesian statistics (in particular, the study of exchangeability). I am also interested in the history, philosophical foundations, and legal applications of probability and statistics.
My primary applied interests are in the areas of law and medicine. I am currently involved in studying issues arising in the statistical analysis of the frequency of DNA match profiles. I also collaborate with medical faculty on the design and analysis of a methodology to accurately and efficiently detect gastric disease.
- A limit theorem for expectations conditional on a sum. Journal of Theoretical Probability 6 (1993), 267-83.
- Large deviations for exchangeable random variables (with 1. H. Dinwoodie). Annals of Probability 20 (1992), 1147-66.
- Mosco convergence and large deviations. In Probability and Banach Spaces 8, R. M. Dudley, M. G. Hahn, and 1. Kuelbs, eds. (I 992), Birkhauser.
- R. A. Fisher and the fiducialargument. Statistical Science 7 (1992), 369-87.
