International Journal of Statistics and Applications

International Journal of Statistics and Applications is a fully refereed international journal, which publishes original research papers and survey articles in all areas of statistics and applications. It is a broad based journal covering all branches of statistical sciences and their applications in medical, agricultural, econometric, physical or social sciences and industry, commerce and government and other scientific disciplines.


Sebnem Er

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Statistics and Applications

Lecturer, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Research Areas

Stratified Sampling, Panel Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Computational Methods

Education

2009Ph.DQuantitative Methods, Fac. of Business Administration, Istanbul University
2004MasterEconomics Theory, Fac. of Economics, Istanbul University
2001BachelorBusiness Administration, Fac. of Business Administration, Istanbul Technical University

Experience

2010-2011PostDoc, Statistics, Dublin City University
2002-presentResearch Asistant, Istanbul University
2008Researcher, Dublin City University
2002Specialist, Anadolu Life Insurance Company

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Şebnem Er, "Women Indicators of Economic Development: A Panel Data Approach", accepted to be presented in the EBES 2011 CONFERENCE-ZAGREB, Croatia, October 13-15, 2011.
[2]  Şebnem Er, "Computational methods for optimum stratification: A review", 58th World Statistics Congress, ISI 2011 Dublin, Ireland, 21-28 August 2011, (presented in the "Sampling of Skewed Populations" special topics session on the 23rd of August 2011.)
[3]  GA4Stratification, R Package: A genetic algorithm approach to determine stratum boundaries and sample sizes of each stratum in stratified sampling, http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/GA4Stratification/index.html
[4]  Jane M. Horgan, Şebnem Er, "Algorithms for the Stratification of Skewed Populations", Applied Statistics 2010 International Conference, September 19-22, 2010, Ribno (Bled), Slovenia.
[5]  Jane M. Horgan, Şebnem Er, "A First Course in Probability with R", 30th Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland, CASI2010, 16-18 May 2010, Hotel Ramada, Portrush, Northern Ireland.
[6]  Şebnem Er, Neyran Orhunbilge, "Factors Affecting Stock Returns of Turkish Manufacturing Firms Quoted in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE): Fixed Effects Panel Data Approach", 30th Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland, CASI2010, 16-18 May 2010, Hotel Ramada, Portrush, Northern Ireland.
[7]  Jane M. Horgan (Keynote Speaker), Şebnem Er, "Simulating Probability with R", Maltepe University International Conference of Mathematical Sciences, 5 August 2009, İstanbul, Türkiye.
[8]  Şebnem Er, Jane M.Horgan: "Genetic Algorithms versus Geometric Stratification: Computation Efficiency versus Simplicity", Seminar at DCU, Dublin-Ireland, 18 March 2008.
[9]  Timur Keskinturk, Sebnem Er, "A Genetic Algorithm Approach To Determine Stratum Boundaries and Sample Sizes of Each Stratum in Stratified Sampling", Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Vol. 52, Issue 1, 15 September 2007, pp.53-67.
[10]  Ebru Demirci, Sebnem Er, "Oil prices, GDP and Inflation in Turkey: A Vector Autoregression Analysis", Applied Statistics 2006 International Conference, 17-20 September 2006, Slovenia.
[11]  Ebru Demirci, Sebnem Er, "Impact of Raw Oil Prices on Turkish Current Account Deficit" (In Turkish), 8th Turkiye Econometrics & Statistics Conference, 24-25 May 2007, Inonu University.
[12]  Timur Keskinturk, Sebnem Er, "Solving the Problem Loading Cylindrical Products on a Conveyer with Genetic Algorithm and a Real Life Application (In Turkish)", Operational Research and Industrial Engineering 27th National Conference, 2-4 July 2007, Dokuz Eylul University.
[13]  Sebnem Er, Timur Keskintürk, "Determination of Stratum Boundaries and Sample Sizes of Each Stratum in Stratified Sampling by Genetic Algorithm" (In Turkish), Operational Research and Industrial Engineering 26th National Conference, 2006, Kocaeli University.
[14]  Sebnem Er, Timur Keskintürk, "Determination of Logistic Regression Coefficients with Genetic Algorithm (In Turkish)", Operational Research and Industrial Engineering 25th National Conference, 2005, Koc University.