Mevin Hooten

Mevin Hooten

Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin; ASA Fellow

Recent News

Research Summary (podcast):

Recent Publications:

  • New paper published in The American Statistician:

Glazer, A.K., L. Parast, and Hooten, M.B. (2026). Beyond the yard line: Accommodating rounded sports data in statistical models. The American Statistician, 80: 443-452.

  • New paper published in MEE:

Van Ee, J.J., Y. Kanno, X. Lu, J.M. Rash, and M.B. Hooten. (2026). Geometric overdispersion facilitates the integration of ecological data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17: 2104-2122.

  • New paper accepted in Landscape Ecology:

Eisaguirre, J.M., P.J. Williams, T.J. Hefley, and M.B. Hooten. (In Press). Ecological diffusion models are still useful in ecology. Landscape Ecology.

  • New paper published in Bayesian Analysis:

Koslovsky, M.D., A. Kaplan, V.A. Terranova, and M.B. Hooten. (2026). A unified Bayesian framework for modeling measurement error in multinomial data. Bayesian Analysis, 21: 453-483.

  • New paper published in Spatial Statistics:

Ren, R., M.B. Hooten, T.L.J. Schafer, N.M. Calzada, B. Hoose, J.M. Womble, and S. Gende. (2026). A multistage Bayesian approach to fit spatial point process models. Spatial Statistics, 73: 100975.