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Dr Chaitra H. Nagaraja

Senior Lecturer

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Location: Harrison 242 or Hope Hall 1.25

Telephone: 01392 722692

Extension: (Streatham) 2692

My research interests are primarily in measurement, particularly macroeconomic and socioeconomic indicators, time series, and the history of statistics. I managed to combine all three in my 2019 book, Measuring Society. The book is a history of US official statistics like unemployment, inflation, and poverty.  Prior to joining Exeter, I was a faculty member at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in New York City and a research mathematical statistician at the U.S Census Bureau, focusing on the American Community Survey. I completed my PhD at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  In 2020, I became an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute.   

In addition to my university research and teaching, I am currently the chair of the American Statistical Association’s Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee, a member of the Royal Statistical Society’s History of Statistics Section, and the book review editor for the International Statistical Review.  I am also co-editor of the history of statistics column, "History Chronicles," in CHANCE magazine.  

For a gentle introduction to measurement, check out the following: