Moore David S. - Introduction to the Practice of Statistics

Tenth Edition

David S. Moore

George P. McCabe

Bruce A. Craig

Purdue University

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David S. Moore is Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at Purdue University and was 1998 president of the American Statistical Association. He received an AB from Princeton and a PhD from Cornell, both in mathematics. He has written many research papers in statistical theory and served on the editorial boards of several major journals.

Professor Moore is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He has served as program director for statistics and probability at the National Science Foundation.

In recent years, Professor Moore has devoted his attention to the teaching of statistics. He was the content developer for the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting college-level telecourse Against All Odds: Inside Statistics and for the series of video modules Statistics: Decisions through Data, intended to aid the teaching of statistics in schools. He is the author of influential articles on statistics education and of several leading texts. Professor Moore has served as president of the International Association for Statistical Education and has received the Mathematical Association of Americas national award for distinguished college or university teaching of mathematics.

George P. McCabe is Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at Purdue University. In 1966, he received a BS degree in mathematics from Providence College and in 1970 a PhD in mathematical statistics from Columbia University. His entire professional career has been spent at Purdue, with sabbaticals at Princeton University, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Melbourne (Australia), the University of Berne (Switzerland), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, and the National University of Ireland in Galway. Professor McCabe is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Statistical Association; he was 1998 chair of its section on Statistical Consulting. In 20082010, he served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Nutrition Standards for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. He has served on the editorial boards of several statistics journals. He has consulted with many major corporations and has testified as an expert witness on the use of statistics in several cases.

Professor McCabes research interests have focused on applications of statistics. Much of his recent work has focused on problems in nutrition, including nutrient requirements, calcium metabolism, and bone health. He is the author or coauthor of more than 230 publications in many different journals.

Bruce A. Craig is Professor of Statistics and Director of the Statistical Consulting Service at Purdue University. He received a BS in mathematics and economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MS and a PhD in statistics from the University of WisconsinMadison. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Statistical Association and was chair of its section on Statistical Consulting in 2009. He has also been an active member of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometrics Society and was elected by the voting membership to the Regional Committee between 2003 and 2006.

Professor Craigs research interests focus on developing methodology to address research questions in the life sciences, often utilizing Bayesian hierarchical models. Areas of current interest are diagnostic testing, bioequivalence/agreement studies, personalized medicine, and non-invasive capture/recapture. He is also a Senior Fellow of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, working with the National Agricultural Statistics Service on various survey-related projects. Professor Craig has published more than 125 peer-reviewed articles, has served on several editorial boards, and is or has been a member of several data and safety monitoring boards, including Purdues institutional review board.

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