The algebra and machine representation of statistical models

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As the twin movements of open science and open source bring an ever greater share of the scientific process into the digital realm, new opportunities arise for the meta-scientific study of science itself, including of data science and statistics.

• Future science will likely see machines play an active role in processing, organizing, and perhaps even creating scientific knowledge.
• To make this possible, large engineering efforts must be undertaken to transform scientific artifacts into useful computational resources, and conceptual advances must be made in the organization of scientific theories, models, experiments, and data.
• This dissertation takes steps toward digitizing and systematizing two major artifacts of data science, statistical models and data analyses.