Dan Spitzner

Dan Spitzner is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. His contact details include the email spitzner@virginia.edu and phone number 434-924-3269. Office address is located at Halsey 110, and office hours can be scheduled via Calendly.

• Education: Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests
Dan Spitzner focuses on the development of statistical methodology, particularly Bayesian statistics, for social sciences and related disciplines. His work emphasizes the meaning behind statistical practices and methodological flexibility. Recent contributions include discussions on elicitation under a socially-inclusive worldview, addressing sensitivity to prior dispersion and multiple testing in hypothesis testing and model choice. Earlier work involved testing in functional data analysis and shrinkage estimation.