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Thomas, David R

Statistics Department
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4606

 

Voice: (541) 737-1983; FAX: (541) 737-3489;
E-mail: thomasd541@msn.com

Office: Kidder Hall, Room 60


Education:

  • Oregon State University 1956-60 B.S. 1960 Mathematics
  • Oregon State University 1960-62 M.S. 1962 Statistics
  • Iowa State University 1962-65 Ph.D. 1965 Statistics


Current Research Interests:

Resampling methods, nonparametric statistics, survival distributions and tolerance interval methods.


Doctoral Student Dissertations:

  1. Osama Hussein - Robust Estimation for the Mean of Skewed Distributions. 1989.
  2. Mohamed Abdelhafez - Bootstrap Prediction and Tolerance Intervals for the Weibull Regression Model with Censored Data. 1989.
  3. Boonchai Viroonsri- Estimation of Totals for Skewed Populations in Repeated Agricultural Surveys. 1990.
  4. Robert O'Donnell - Fisher and Logistic Discriminant Function Estimation in the Presence of Collinearity. 1991.
  5. Yulan (Juliet) Li - Confidence Intervals and Tests for Variance-Component Ratios in Mixed Linear Models. 1993. (Joint with David Birkes)


List Of Selected Publications