Tel: 012 420 3445

Email: [email protected]

Position:  Lecturer

Academic qualifications: MSc (UP)

Research interests:  distribution theory, computational statistics

Subjects lectured:  STK 353 (Introduction to the Science of Data Analytics), SFT 720 (Sampling Techniques)

Recent publications:

1. Displaying statistical graphs for the visually impaired. Loots, M.T. & van Staden, P.J., 2007, The 50th annual conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA), Misty Hills, Muldersdrift (hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand)

2. Visualisation of time series by the visually impaired. Loots, M.T. & van Staden, P.J., 2007, The Sixth Southern Hemisphere Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Teaching and Learning, Calafate, Argentina

3. The theory and application of L-moments. Loots, M.T. & van Staden, P.J., 2008, The 51st annual conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA), University of Pretoria, Pretoria

4. Statistiese beginsels as basis vir die identifisering van gedifferensieerd uitgedrukte gene deur gebruik te maak van twee-kleur gespikkelde cDNA mikroskyfies. Coetzer, n. & Loots, M.T., Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns: Studentesimposium in die Natuurwetenskappe, 31 October 2008, University of Johannesburg

5. Method of L-moment estimation for a statistical universe based upon the quantile function. Loots, M.T. & van Staden, P.J., 2009, The 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Durban, South Africa

6. Teaching the concept of kurtosis in introductory statistics courses using Mathematica: Searching for platypuses and kangaroos beneath the cloth of Table Mountain. van Staden, P.J. & Loots, M.T., 2009, Proceedings of the Seventh Southern Right Delta Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics, Villa Via Hotel, Gordon's Bay, South Africa

7. Teaching the concept of kurtosis in introductory statistics courses using Mathematica, platypuses and kangaroos. van Staden, P.J. & Loots, M.T., 2009, The Third Annual Applied Statistics Education and Research Collaboration (ASEARC) Research Conference, University of Newcastle, Callahan, NSW, Australia

8. Method of L-moment estimation for the generalized lambda distribution. van Staden, P.J. & Loots, M.T., 2009, Proceedings of the Third Annual Applied Statistics Education and Research Collaboration (ASEARC) Research Conference, University of Newcastle, Callahan, NSW, Australia

9. On the real representation of quaternion random variables. Loots, M.T. & Bekker, A. & Arashi, M. & Roux, J.J.J., Statistics (2013) 47(6):1224-1240

10. Integral representation of quaternion elliptical density and its applications". Arashi, M. & Bekker, A. & Loots, M.T. & Roux, J.J.J., Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, (2015) 44(4):778-789

11. The role of the real representation- in quaternion distribution theory. Loots, M.T. & Bekker, A. & Arashi, M. & Roux, J.J.J., 2011, The 58th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland

12. Parameter estimation by the method of arc lengths with application to the normal distribution. Loots, M.T., & Bekker, A., 2014, The 56th annual conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA), Rhodes University, Grahamstown

13. Statistical Software (R, SAS, SPSS, and Minitab) for Blind Students and Practitioners. Godfrey, A.J.R., Loots, M.T., Journal of Statistical Software, 58, Software Review 1 (2014)

14. Temporal and spatial variation of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Acacia karroo in South Africa. Jami, F., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J., Loots, M.T., Greyzenhout, M.Fungal Ecology, 03/2015

15. Advice from blind teachers on how to teach statistics to blind students Godfrey, A.J.R., Loots, M.T., Journal of Statistical Education (Accepted).