Coursework

Predictors of drug relapse timing in the UIS cohort

Cox proportional hazards models on UMARU IMPACT Study (UIS) data, comparing exponential, Weibull, and Royston–Parmar spline baselines.

Survival Analysis · Dr. Sandip Barui

Bayesian causal inference

A group presentation surveying Bayesian methods, diagnostics, and applications in causal inference.

Causal Inference · Dr. Ambarish Chattopadhyay

VGC-Oracle: team strength prediction in Pokémon VGC

Classical machine learning and transfer learning. Learning-to-rank on tournament team data with XGBoost, SHAP interpretability, and attention-based role discovery.

Pattern Recognition · Dr. Jayant Jha

Gene expression and neurotransmitter markers of ADHD severity

Penalised regression and MANOVA on genotype, gene expression, neurotransmitter, and CPRS-R trait data from Manovikas Kendra, Kolkata.

Statistical Genomics · Prof. Kiranmoy Das

Class project for the M. Stat. class of 2026.

Bike sharing in Seoul under shrinkage priors

Bayesian regression under LASSO and horseshoe priors.

Statistical Inference II · Prof. Kiranmoy Das

Temperature and O-ring failures in the Challenger disaster

Bayesian logit, probit, and complementary log-log models on the 23 shuttle flights before the accident.

Statistical Computing I · Prof. Sourabh Bhattacharya

Dropout rates and education indicators in northeastern India

Patterns across Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura against All-India trends, from 75th Round NSS data on household social consumption (education).

Sample Surveys · Dr. Kajal Dihidar

Thyroid cancer recurrence through logistic regression

Using UCI Machine Learning Repository data (Borzooei & Tarokhian, 2023).

Categorical Data Analysis · Prof. Kiranmoy Das

Servo system data through multiple linear regression

With Box–Cox transformation and influence diagnostics.

Regression Techniques · Prof. Kiranmoy Das

Severe COVID-19 risk factors have Neanderthal ancestry

A literature review of genetic risk factors and ancestral inheritance in COVID-19 severity.

Statistical Genetics · Prof. Partha P. Majumder

Household consumer expenditure in India over the years

From NSS data, under the guidance of Prof. Bimal K. Roy.

Statistics Comprehensive · Prof. Debasis Sengupta & Dr. Jayant Jha

An edited version was submitted to Innovate with GoIStats, 2025.

Voter sentiments before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

From our own survey data. No political questions were asked.

Statistics Comprehensive · Prof. Debasis Sengupta & Dr. Jayant Jha

Class project for the B. Stat. class of 2024. I led it.

Literature review: "On a test whether two samples are from the same population"

Wald & Wolfowitz (1940). The runs test, with a simulation study comparing it against the t-test.

Nonparametric & Sequential Methods · Dr. Arijit Chakrabarti

Bike sharing and rental data in Seoul

AIC-based backward selection with ANCOVA.

Linear Statistical Models · Prof. Debashis Paul

Linguistic dynamics and private coaching in Manipur and India

From 71st Round NSS data.

Sample Surveys · Dr. Kajal Dihidar

Demographic and economic patterns in Manipur and India

Dependency ratios and Engel curves from 68th Round NSS data.

Economic Statistics & Demography · Dr. Nachiketa Chattopadhyay

Literature review: "Panel Attrition: How Important Is Interviewer Continuity?"

Lynn, Kaminska & Goldstein.

Official Statistics · Dr. Sandip Mitra

Projection pursuit and projection indices

A presentation on the work of John W. Tukey and Jerome H. Friedman.

Statistical Methods IV · Dr. Arnab Chakraborty

Applied psychometrics reports

Value assessment, item-response-based evaluation, and memory span testing.

Psychology · Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy

Death due to heart failure

Associations between death by heart failure and common chronic comorbidities.

Statistical Methods III · Dr. Shyamal Krishna De

Eigenface: facial recognition with clustering

Multi-class linear discriminant analysis.

Vectors & Matrices II · Dr. Arnab Chakraborty