Judith ter Schure
- Full Name
- J.A. ter Schure
- Function(s)
- PhD student - Unknown
- Judith.ter.Schure@cwi.nl
- Telephone
- +31 20 592 4086
- Room
- L133
- Department(s)
- Machine Learning
- Homepage
- https://significanthelp.nl/blog
Biography
Judith ter Schure's interests lie in foundations of statistics as well as in applied work. She divides her time between research and consultancy (before at CWI and significanthelp.nl, now at Amsterdam UMC), together with board membership (treasurer) of the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research (vvsor.nl). Her general motivation is the effect of statistics on society, which also inspires occasional writing for a wide audience – previously published by De Correspondent – and participation in popular science events like Nacht van de Wetenschap, ScienceBattle and Pint of Science.Research
Judith completed her Ph.D. dissertation on ALL-IN meta-analysis at CWI, which she defended successfully at Leiden University on April 7th 2022. A news article about her defense can be found on the Leiden University website (in Dutch) and on the CWI website (in English). The complete dissertation can be found in the Leiden University Repository and the CWI Repository.
ALL-IN meta-analysis helps scientists to prioritize research, interpret findings and design new studies – so efficiently accumulate scientific knowledge. The ALL-IN approach is bottom-up, especially suited to combine studies that have no common (top-down) stopping rule.
"Scientists need to make sure that all relevant trials are in when they hedge their bets on future research."
The research is motivated by the 'replicability crisis' in empirical science and the movements to reduce Research Waste (http://rewardalliance.net/) and make Research itself more Evidence-Based (https://evbres.eu/).
Read more about Judith's research in this interview with Het Parool/New Scientist (in Dutch), this longer interview with De Psycholoog (in Dutch) or this short Academic Story about her experience working at CWI (in English).
Publications
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ter Schure, J.A. (2022, April 7). ALL-IN meta-analysis.
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ter Schure, J.A. (2022). Liever gemiddeld goed dan eenmalig uitzonderlijk. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 166.
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de Graaf, H, ter Schure, J.A, & van Liere, G.A.F.S. (2021). How old are young people when they start having sex? Unravelling the applicability of Cox proportional hazards regression. Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1007/s10389-021-01619-6
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Turner, R.J, Ly, A, ter Schure, J.A, & Grünwald, P.D. (2021). Safe Testing: Online, anytime valid hypothesis tests. In Proceedings of ICT.Open.
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Calonne, N, Richter, B, Löwe, H, Cetti, C, ter Schure, J.A, Van Herwijnen, A, … Schneebeli, M. (2020). The RHOSSA campaign: Multi-resolution monitoring of the seasonal evolution of the structure and mechanical stability of an alpine snowpack. The Cryosphere, 14(6), 1829–1848. doi:10.5194/tc-14-1829-2020
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ter Schure, J.A, & Grünwald, P.D. (2019). Accumulation Bias in meta-analysis: the need to consider time in error control [version 1; peer review: two approved]. F1000Research, 8. doi:10.12688/f1000research.19375.1
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ter Schure, J.A. (2019). Efficient accumulation of scientific knowledge, research waste and accumulation bias. ERCIM News, 116, 8–9.
Current projects with external funding
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Safe Bayesian Inference: A Theory of Misspecification based on Statistical Learning (SAFEBAYES)
Professional activities
- Consultant: Significant Help: Statistical Consultancy and Case-Based Training https://significanthelp.nl/
- Board Member: Treasurer of the Daily Board of the Society for Statistics and Operations Research (VVSOR: https://www.vvsor.nl/about-vvsor/bestuur-vvsor/)
- Consultant: Clinical Biostatistician Amsterdam UMC