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This study investigates perceptions and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools among students and faculty in statistics and data science at a historically Black college or university. Survey data from 119 valid student responses and 14 faculty responses were used to examine familiarity, usage patterns, perceived benefits, awareness of limitations, and instructio...

Statistical survey metadata contains essential contextual information that underpins the accurate interpretation, discovery, and reuse of statistical data. However, traditional metadata formats are not optimized for consumption by large language models (LLMs), which increasingly function as interfaces for data exploration, question-answering, and decision support. This work intr...

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The mean-variance portfolio model, based on the risk-return trade-off for optimal asset allocation, remains fundamental in portfolio optimization. However, its reliance on restrictive assumptions about asset return distributions limits its applicability to real-world data. Parametric copula structures provide a novel way to overcome these limitations by accounting for asymmetry,...