Florida has a unique auto insurance law that allows those insured to have the windshield of their vehicle repaired or replaced without triggering their deductible. In other words, insured drivers can get their windshield replaced with no out of pocket cost. There are only four other states with this unique provision: Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts and…
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Infotech Businesses Aid in $101.35 Million Settlement for West Virginia DOT
Infotech houses two distinct operating businesses, Systems and Consulting. However, both businesses were born out of one request by the Florida Attorney General 42 years ago: can computerized statistical techniques be developed to detect bid rigging in public procurement? The answer was yes, and Systems has been working with individual states ever since to make…
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Infotech Consulting Upholds Statistical Standards in Construction Defects Sampling
Infotech Consulting was retained on behalf of Beazer Homes in a class action suit filed by Heritage Commons Townhome Association alleging breach of implied warranty, violation of Florida building codes, and negligence in construction of an 89-unit townhome project in Seminole County, Florida. Plaintiffs maintained that defects observed in their homes’ exteriors, windows, and architectural…
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To P-Value or To Not
In an article enumerating the dos and do nots of statistical significance published in The American Statistician, Dr. Ronald Wasserstein et al. said the following: “We summarize our recommendations in two sentences totaling seven words: ‘Accept uncertainty. Be thoughtful, open, and modest.’” Seems like simple advice — applicable to anything and something most people would…
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Slack Chat Team Question – COVID-19
Anomalies are not usually a golden opportunity for data – they’re usually classified as outliers. But COVID-19 is not a normal anomaly, in any way, shape or form, and the surge of statistics circulating the internet about any given aspect of the virus and its impact (or potential impact) gave our team of data junkies…
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Advantages to Modeling
What questions can be answered with statistical modeling? We say, “All of them!” And our colleagues around the world agree. Want to know what basketball team will win March Madness this year? Model it! Want to know if your bidders are acting competitively? Model it! Want to find out if our elections were hacked? Model…
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UF Statistics Winter Workshop – 2019
Recent Advances in Causal Inference and Mediation Analysis and their Applications. The Department of Statistic’s Annual Winter Workshop, co-sponsored by the University of Florida Informatics Institute, Department of Statistics, and Infotech Consulting will take place on January 18-19, 2019 (Friday-Saturday), 8:00AM-5:00PM, at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Abstract: The workshop will focus on recent advances in causal inference and causal…
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Dentists Get $80M From Supply Cos. To End Collusion Case
The country’s biggest dental supply distributors reached an $80 million settlement agreement with dentists and dental laboratories in a proposed class action case. Distributors Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson Cos. Inc. and Benco Dental Supply Co. Inc. were accused of artificially inflating prices on dental supplies and equipment. Products at issue included supplies such as adhesives,…
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Analysis of Historical Billboard Placement Leads to Summary Judgement in Beach of Contract – Titze vs Simon (2010)
The Michael Titze Company purchased an outparcel in front of a shopping mall in Pensacola, Florida. Unbeknownst to Titze, this property was subject to restrictive covenants that required Titze to obtain permission from Simon (owner of the shopping mall) for any construction or improvement to the property and restricted Titze from improving the property in…
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Infotech Consulting’s Analyses Instrumental in Steel Class Case with $193.9 Million in Settlements
The Infotech Consulting team, led by Dr. Jim McClave, provided econometric damages analysis to a large, national class of steel purchasers, alleging violations of the U.S. antitrust laws by several of the world’s largest steel manufacturers. Based on millions of sales transactions from thousands of customers, Infotech Consulting conducted damage analyses in support of the…