1. Kristina A. Murri
Personal Information
Address: 659 N 300 E #2, Provo, UT 84606
Phone: 303-882-4912
email: kmurri@byu.edu
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/kmurri
Education
Current 2015-2017 Master of Science in Statistics, Brigham Young University, Provo
April 2015 Undergraduate Degree in Mathematics Education
Minor: Statistics | Brigham Young University, Provo Gpa: 3.71
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant for BYU Statistics Department, Provo
• Pioneer Mortality Project Presented research on optimal ways to link two large data sets of pioneer
records using machine learning and statistical methods at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago.
• College Gender Ratios: Research on how the college gender ratios change over time and implications
result in income distribution differences and the population demographics.
• Experimental Design - Worked on a project with the goal to create an R package for D-optimal
Split plot experimental designs from optimized Fortran code.
• Economics WIC Data Project - determined probabilities that a family is on the WIC program.
• Pathways Project - Presented results: a conceptual based curriculum is more effective for students
understanding and increases how many higher level mathematics courses may be taken.
• BYU Tennis Team - This project studied how the team can increase the probability of winning a
match by increasing the second serve percentage by using Bayesian updating.
Teaching Assistant at BYU Statistics Department, Provo
Instructed other teaching assistants on the best methods to teach concepts, assigned grades, taught open
labs and review sessions for 4 different statistics courses: Stat 121 (4 semesters), Stat 201 (3 semesters),
Stat 230 (1 semester), Stat 151 (1 semester), and Stat 511 (3 semesters).
Upper Division Mathematics Tutor at BYU Mathematics Department
CRLA certified. Tutored students in the following mathematics courses: Linear Algebra (Math 313),
Multivariate Calculus (Math 314), Ordinary Differential Equations (Math 334), Mathematics for
Engineers (Math 302 and 303), and Discrete Mathematics (Math 290).
Working Papers
• Statistical Learning Algorithms for Record Linkage: Pioneer Mortality Example
• Reversal of College Gender Gap and Implications for Income Distributions, Population Demographics,
and Labor Workforce
Scholarships and Awards
March 2016 Winner of the Student Research Conference for Presentation
Dec 2014 Dean’s List - College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
April 2015 Honored Senior - Mathematics Education, top 10% of class
2015-2017 Graduate School Half-Tuition Scholarship from Statistics Department
2012-2013 Half-Tuition Scholarship from BYU
GRE Writing section - 99th
percentile
Computer Skills and Languages
R, Python, Stata, SAS, SQL, SPSS, JMP, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, LaTeX, Fortran
Proficient in Italian and Spanish. Learning German