Archived Case Studies

Case studies in data analysis have been featured at the Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meetings for many years. Those from 1996 onwards are available here.

2023

Optimizing Patient Flow in Emergency Department

Understanding how Canada’s economy might be impacted by climate change

2022

Developing A Physician Performance Model in Critical Care: Assessing Quality and Value

Towards a clear understanding of Rural Internet: What Statistical Measures Can be Used to Assess, Compare and Forecast Internet Speeds for Rural Canadian Communities?

2021

Modeling COVID-19 disease dynamics in Canada

What geographical factors are associated with pipeline incidents that involve spills?

2020

Predicting Hourly Electricity Demand in Ontario

Predicting podcast popularity in iTunes

2019

Case Study 2: Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Osteoarthritis Patients

Case Study 1: Counting Cells from Microscopic Images

2018

Case Study 1 : Does survey design information matter?

Case Study 2: What predicts the popularity of TED Talks?

2017

Case Study #1: What is the Impact of Natural Disasters in Canada?

Case Study #2: Can Gene Expression Data Identify Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

2016

Can Google Flu Trends Predict the Frequency and Results of Tests for Influenza and Other Respiratory Illnesses?

What Predicts Sustainability of Canadian Charities?

2015

Baseball Strategies

Youth Employment and the 2008 Crisis

2014

Analysis of player interaction data from a mobile social game: finding interactions between game factors and player factors that predict engagement?

The American Time Use Survey: How have economic and socio-demographic factors affected television viewing in the last decade?

2013

Exploring spatial and temporal heterogeneity of environmental noise in Toronto

Study of the impact of human disturbances on habitat selection and on calf survival for forest-dwelling caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)

2012

Risk Factors for Osteoporotic Fracture in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

2011

Determinants of the Presence and Volume of Brown Fat in Human

Gender Gap in Earnings among Young People

2010

Metabolism of bradykinin and endogenous des-Arg9-bradykinin in human plasma: contribution to the pathophysiology of angiooedema associated with ACE inhibitors

The effects of photo-interpreted variables in the estimation of stand-level merchantable volumes in the Province of Quebec

2009

Proteomic Biomarkers for Disease Status

The Effects of Climate on the Growth of Lodgepole Pine

2008

Handling Item Nonresponse in Surveys

Effects of Genetic Variation on the Relationship between Diet and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

2007

How Population Dynamics are Measured in Between Censuses and Projected for Future Reference Dates

Impacts of Changes in Growth of Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) in Newfoundland Waters

2006

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Record Linkage - Maintaining a Registry

2005

Antidepressant Medication and Stability in Seniors Case Study

Longitudinal Data Analysis

2004

Anorexia Nervosa

2003

Neighbourhood Factors and Children

2002

Cervical Cancer

Handling Missing

2001

Old-Growth Forest

2000

1999

Niagara River Pollution 1986-96

1998

Effects of Effluents on the Kapuskasing River

Habitat Usage of Cutthroat Trout

1997

Remote Sensing of Forest Crown Cover

Seal Vocalisations

1996

A Study on the Perception of Forces of the Thumb

Effects of Skidders on Two Types of Forest Soil