Professor Mirosław Szreder did his PhD in Economics (mathematical statistics) in 1987. Title of the thesis was: "Subjective Probability Distributions in Bayesian Analysis".
Since 2005 he is full professor in economics.
Professional career:
1980 to 1994
lecturer and senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics, University of Gdansk,
1994 to 1995
associate professor of the University of Gdansk, Faculty of Management,
2006 to present
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Management, University of Gdansk (since 2016).
Research interests:
Mathematical Statistics, Bayesian Inference and Decision Making, Sampling Techniques, Business Research, Econometrics.
Teaching experience:
- Lecturer for undergraduates on Theory of Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Business Statistics, Time Series Analysis, at the University of Gdansk.
- Visiting lecturer for undergraduates on Econometrics, Mathematical Statistics, and Sampling, Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in the Department of Economics, University of Leicester, Britain, in Oct.-Dec. 1989, Jan.-March 1991, Jan.-March 1994, Jan.-March 1995, and Jan.-March 1996.
Language abilities:
Polish - native, English - fluent, German - sufficient, Russian – sufficient.
Recent publications (selection):
Szreder M., Will big data affect opinion polls?, “Archives of Data Science, Series A”, KIT Scientific Publishing, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2018.
Szreder M., Gwizdała J.P., Possible future developments of sample surveys in finance. “Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia”, no. 18, 2018, pp. 69-82.
Szreder M., New economy – new challenges for statistics. “Statistics in Transition”, 2012, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 191-196.
Research areas:
- multivariate analysis (data classification methods including artificial neural networks, big data),
- insurance topics (general insurance, life insurance, retirement insurance, health insurance, occupational pension schemes),
- risk management (general insurance in risk management of small and medium enterprises, applications of survival analysis, logistic regression and scoring method to evaluate insurance risk and risk in socio-economic life),
- sampling methods (sampling methods in market research, non-random errors in sample surveys),
- statistical analysis of the labour market,
- public statistics system.
Representative publications
Link to extended list of publication
1. Assessment of sampling schemes used in specific studies and the possibility of inference based on the samples obtained, requested by private entities for which a research company carried out sample marketing research.
2. Analysis of the ISP monitoring project presented by the Innovation Development Department of the Economic Development Department of the Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship based on the industry classification of enterprises; verification and assessment of the quality of the method in terms of usefulness, indication of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and potential threats.
3. Assessment of methodology used in quantitative research by the Pomeranian Voivodeship (citizens of Ukraine, employers of the voivodeship, population of the voivodeship, unemployed, representatives of social cooperatives, representatives of social integretion centre).