There has always been a close link between statistical applications and the development of new statistical theory and methods. Even straightforward applications of standard methods can give rise to theoretical challenges leading to new statistical ideas. In my lecture, I will briefly review a few of the statistical developments in my own published papers and describe the applications which gave rise to them. I will then outline some current work on publication bias, one of the outstanding problems in the interpretation of literature reviews, particularly in the medical sciences.

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赤池纪念讲座 2020：统计应用的一些挑战

统计应用与新统计理论和方法的发展之间一直存在着密切的联系。即使是标准方法的直接应用也会引发理论挑战，从而产生新的统计思想。在我的演讲中，我将简要回顾我自己发表的论文中的一些统计发展，并描述产生它们的应用。然后，我将概述目前关于发表偏倚的一些工作，这是文献评论解释中的突出问题之一，特别是在医学科学中。