Lesser, Virginia

Statistics Department
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4606

Voice: (541) 737-3584; FAX: (541) 737-3489;
E-mail: lesser@science.oregonstate.edu
Office: Kidder Hall, Room 76

Education:

• Lebanon Valley College - B.S. 1980 Biology
• N.C. State University - M.S. 1987 Statistics
• University of North Carolina - DrPH. Biostatistics

Current Research Interests:

• Sampling
• Survey Methodology
• Environmental Statistics
• Applied Statistics

Doctoral Student Dissertations:

• Breda Munoz-Hernandez (1999), The Design-Based Empirical Orthogonal Functions Model. An Alternative for the Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data.
• Safaa R. Amer (2004), Neural Network Imputation: A New Fashion or a Good
  Tool
• Leigh Ann Harrod (in progress)

List Of Most Recent Publications

Instructional & Departmental Activities:

• Director of the Survey Research Center
• Teaching responsibilities include: 
  • ST431/531 (Sampling Methods) 
  • ST 411/511 (Methods of Data Analysis)
  • ST 412/512 (Methods of Data Analysis)
  • ST 552 (Statistical Methods)
  • ST 632 (Sampling Theory).
    

Professional Societies/Responsibilities/Honors:

• American Statistical Association (ASA)
• International Statistical Institute (ISI)
• American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)