Berna Devezer

Dr. Devezer is a Professor of Marketing and affiliate faculty at the Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science. She is also an Assistant Director at the Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation (IMCI). She holds a PhD in Marketing and an M.S. in Statistics from Washington State University. She is interested in advancing models and theories of science of science, also called metascience. Her research brings together statistical theory, experimental methodologies, mathematical modeling, philosophy and history of science to advance an interdisciplinary understanding of the scientific process. Some of her specific research topics include:

- The interface and tension between scientific and statistical inference,

- The objectives and values of science,

- The role of replications and reproducibility of scientific findings in advancing knowledge,

- The epistemic value of scientific experiments,

- The role of modeling and exploration in scientific progress.