6th CEN Conference

Session

P1 Plenary Session: Tim Morris

19 May 2026, 09:00

Room 1 A

Conveners

P1 Plenary Session: Tim Morris: Keynote lecture

• Anne-Laure Boulesteix (LMU Munich)

134. Simulation studies: bringing method to the madness

Tim Morris (Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd)

19/05/2026, 09:00

keynote lecture

Simulation studies involve drawing random numbers to understand the properties and behaviour of statistical methods. Statisticians have been using simulation studies since before computers existed (e.g. ‘Student’ in 1908). However, when it comes to simulation studies, we are largely self-taught. It is often hard understand a simulation study, or even its objective. Indeed, the rationale for...