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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)