This month's MHRI-GHUCCTS Monthly Statistical Seminar Series will be held on Friday, October 17, 2025, from 12 PM - 1 PM. This series features Dr. Paul Kolm, Associate Director in the Center for Biostatistics, Informatics, & Data Science (CBIDS) at MedStar Health Research Institute.

The topic of this month's seminar will look at factor analysis - using a set of observed variables to define an unobserved variable termed a latent variable. We will consider computation methods, evaluation metrics, and presentation of results.