PhD Placements

Some Recent PhD Dissertations

The following gives the dissertation topics and current employer (if known) of recent PhD graduates:


Utilizing external information about the covariance structure in experiments with clustering

Christopher Rhoads

Northwestern University


Synthetic Bias Estimation in Small Area Estimation

Haoliang Song, 2007

Takeda Pharmaceuticals


Gatekeeping Procedures for Multiple Endpoints

Xin Wang, 2006


Improved Estimation of the Proportion of True Null Hypotheses with Applications to Adaptive Control of FDR and Drug Screening

Jiaxiao Shi, 2006


Generalized Lifetime Regression with Censoring

Zhiping Sun, 2005


Higher-Order Asymptotic Normality of Approximations to the Modified Signed Likelihood Ratio Statistic for Regular Models with Two Applications

Heping He, 2004


Identification limits in survival analysis with dependent loss to follow-up

Gary Harntsbarger, 2002


Mixtures-of-experts of generalized linear time series

Alexandre Xavier Ywata de Carvalho, 2002


An experimental response model for bivariate association

Hua Li, 2001


Higher-order inference in models for censored survival data

Shuguang Huang, 2001


Contributions to multiple endpoints and dose finding

Brent Logan, 2001

Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin


Model selection for unbiased estimating equations

Xiangyang Liu, 2000

Johnson and Johnson


Automatic Bandwidth Selection and Data-Driven Estimators in a Semiparametric Regression Model

Shengyan Hong, 1998

Abbott Laboratories


Bayesian Model Comparison: Computation of the Marginal Likelihood

Joan Z. Yu, 1998

Risk Management, Household Credit Services


Inference for Exponential Order Statistics Models

Jason A. Osborne, 1997

Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University


Measures of Association and Regression Models for Ordinal Variables

Yi-Lin Chiu, 1997

Clinical Statistics, Abbott Laboratories


Estimation of Spectral Moments and the Classification of Spatial-Temporal Electrical Patterns during Ventricular Fibrillation

Jill R. Glassman, 1995

Intersystems, Inc., and Columbia University


Nonlinear Partial Least Squares

Edward C. Malthouse, 1995

Integrated Marketing Communications Department, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University


Extended Generalized Estimating Equations for Longitudinal Data

Daniel B. Hall, 1994

Department of Statistics, University of Georgia


Entropy-Based Prediction of Categorical Response Variables in Scanner Panel Data

Eric D. Nordmoe, 1993

Department of Mathematics, Kalamazoo College


Minimum Mean Square Error Estimation in Stratified Sampling

Jiahe Qian, 1993

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