XIAO (Sharon) XU

*** * ****** **. ***.A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Email: acq1cm@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 1-330-***-****

Summary

Statistics Analyst with 1 year experience

Statistical Software Experience

R (2 yrs), Minitab (1 yr), SAS (1 yr), SPSS (0.5 yr), Excel (3 yrs) and ArcGIS (0.5 yr).

Statistical Skills

Data Statistical Analysis, Data Transformation and Reconciliation, Logistic Regression and Sophisticated Data Coordination

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Statistics of The University of Akron Aug.2013-May.2015

*Provided lectures and instructions to 100 undergraduate students in computer labs 4 semesters.

*Tutoring services for Basic Statistics class to undergraduate students in 2 yrs.

*Grading undergraduate students’ homeworks in courses of Basic Statistics, Applied Statistics and Probability & Statistics for Engineers.

Accounting Intern at Wuwei Accounting Firm, Gansu, China Winter.2010

*Entry original evidences, summary trial balance, noted financial statements, financial statements analysis.

Research Experience/Project

Sample size calculation for Single-arm Phase II prostate cancer trials Dec.2014-Apr.2015

*Designed a new simple approach to calculate sample sizes for single-arm prostate cancer trial studies.

*Utilized R to formalize incorporation of this heterogeneity into the design of early phase 2 clinical trials.

*The manuscript has been submitted to Statistics in Medicine.

Time Series Modeling of U.S/U.K Foreign Exchange Rates Mar.2015-Apr.2015

*Adequately fit the U.S/U.K Exchange rates with the ARMA -GARCH based on the data from 2012 to 2014. *Found the Dollar/Pound and Dollar/Euro are above 90% correlated. (Using R)

Community Gardens: Prime Locations for Optimal Participation Sep.2014-Dec.2014

*Collect datasets about city of Akron and develop map including all of the necessary data

*Analyze the data to determine the strategic placement of the community gardens in Akron (Using ArcGIS, Excel and SPSS)

Correlating Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Ownership with Socioeconomic Data Nov. 2013-Dec.2013

*Find the socioeconomic factors that contribute to the ownership of electric/hybrid vehicles

*The selected best model can explain 80.4% of the variation in the response variable (Using Minitab and Excel)

Simulated practice of accounting at Sanya College of Hainan University Summer.2011

Data entry and calculation with perfect accuracy on original evidences entry, summary trial balance, cash flow statement entry, noted financial statements, financial statements analysis.

Education

2013/08-2015/05 Dept. of Statistics, The University of Akron USA

Major: Statistics Master of Science GPA: 3.5

2008/09-2012/06 Dept. of Accounting, Sanya College of Hainan University China

Major: Accounting Bachelor of Management GPA: 3.2

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