Brett Presnell

Brett Presnell

Emeritus Professor of Statistics

University of Florida

About Me

I retired in May 2024 from my position in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida.

Interests

  • Analysis of Directional Data
  • Model Misspecification
  • Nonparametric Methods
  • Resampling

Recent Posts

Maintenance of Navien NPE 210A Water Heater

General Comments Our water heater is installed on the back of the house behind the laundry room. It should be descaled and flushed once a year. My target date for doing this is February 1 (the water heater was installed around the beginning of February, 2021).
Last updated on Feb 27, 2025 6 min read

My Home Router Setup

These are my notes on setting up Dynamic DNS and remote SSH access to my home computer using a GigaSpire Blast u10xe, with porkbun as my domain registrar and duckdns as my DDNS provider.
Last updated on Oct 13, 2024 9 min read

The Lore of the Perfect Bracket

Most college basketball fans probably know that no one has ever submitted a perfect NCAA tournament bracket (the longest verified streak ever ended 49 games into the 2019 tournament).
Last updated on Mar 4, 2024 8 min read

Reading Email with Emacs

Background I've been reading and sending email with GNU Emacs since about 1991. In that time I have used at least five different emacs email clients: MH-E, VM, Mew, gnus, and now mu4e.
Last updated on Apr 26, 2024 13 min read

R Tips and Tricks

Useful R snippets to remember
Last updated on Aug 13, 2022 1 min read
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Contact

  • presnell@ufl.edu
  • 352 392 1941
  • 225 Griffin-Floyd Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
  • Zoom only
    STA 3100: Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 to Noon