Dr. W.J. Conover

Horn Professor of Statistics

Rawls College of Business Administration

  

 

Texas Tech University
Information Systems & Quantitative Sciences
Lubbock, Texas 79409
 

   

Office: BA 603
(806) 742-1546
E-mail: Conover@ba.ttu.edu

REFEREE HONORS AND RECOGNITION PROCEEDINGS
PUBLICATIONS BOOKS AWARDS ACADEMIC COMMITTEES  

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

CAREER APPOINTMENTS:

1988-present

Horn Professor of Statistics, area of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University.

1984-1988

Horn Professor of Statistics and Area Coordinator of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University. 

1981-1984 

Horn Professor of Statistics and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University

1978-1981 

 

 Professor of Statistics and Area Coordinator of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University

1973-1978  

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University

1964-1973 

 

 Assistant Professor of Statistics (1964-67), and Associate Professor of Statistics and Computer Science (1967-73), College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

 

TEMPORARY AND PART TIME APPOINTMENTS: 

 

     Visiting Professor of Statistics, Iowa State University, Summer 1977.
     Visiting Professor of Mathematics, University of California at Davis, 1976-77.

     Visiting Professor of Mathematics, University of Zurich (Switzerland), 1970-71.

     Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 1962-64.
     Instructor of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy, 1959-61.
     Ensign and LTJG, U.S. Navy, 1958-61.
     Assistant Instructor of Physics, Iowa State University, 1956-58.

   

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON RESEARCH GRANTS:

     1992  U.S. Army Research Office Research Grant - $40,000
     1991 U.S. Army Research Office Research Grant - $40,000
     1990 U.S. Army Research Office Research Grant - $40,000
     1978 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Research Contract - $10,452
     1978 National Science Foundation Research Grant - $12,806
     1977 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Research Contract - $7,412
        1973 (renewal of 1969 NIH Award) - $23,400
        1972 (renewal of 1969 NIH Award) - $23,400
     1971 (renewal of 1969 NIH Award) - $23,520
        1970 (renewal of 1969 NIH Award) - $22,200
     1969 National Institutes of Health Career Development Award - $20,160
     1967 National Science Foundation Research Grant - $6,900

   

INVITED PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

"Latin Hypercube Sampling: A Way of Saving Computer Runs in Simulation Studies," invited presentation to the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Aberdeen, Maryland, December 13, 1991.
"What Can You Do When the Population is Not Normal?," invited paper presented to the Statistics Department, Southern Methodist University, Nov. 9, 1990, and to the Mathematics Department, Eastern New Mexico State University, Nov. 16, 1990.
"Latin Hypercube Sampling and Its Applications," invited address presented to the HEDR Workshop on Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis, Hanford, Washington (January, 1989).
"Some Recent Innovative Methods of Analysis in Clinical Trials Research," invited presentation to the Connecticut Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Groton, Conn. (December, 1988).
"Tutorial on Nonparametric Analysis," 90 minute tutorial presented at IBM's ITL Symposium, Austin, Texas (October, 1988).
"Practical Nonparametric Statistics," 3 hour tutorial presented to the Austin, TX Chapter of the American Statistical Association (April 1987)
"Rank Transformation Methods in Nonparametric Analysis," invited presentation at the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Department of Biomathematics, Houston, Texas (November 1985).
"Facts and Fallacies About Nonp arametric Statistics," Guest speaker at the First Meeting of the Chihuahuan Desert International Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Las Cruces, N.M. (November 1985).
"Practical Nonparametric Statistics," 3 hour tutorial presented at the Fortieth Conference on Applied Statistics, Newark, N.J. (December, 1984).
 "Analysis of Linear Models Using the Rank Transformation," invited seminar at CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Summit, N.J. (November, 1982).
"Considerations for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Computer Models," keynote address at the Workshop on Propagation of Uncertainties, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (October, 1982).
"A Modern Approach to Statistics," invited presentation at the Joint National Meeting of the Statistical Societies, Cincinnati, Ohio (August 1982).
"The Rank Transformation in Discriminate Analysis," invited presentation at the Seventh Annual Conference of SAS Users Group International, San Francisco (February, 1982).
"Distribution-Free Procedures for Multiple Comparisons," invited presentation at the national meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, Nev. (November, 1980).

"The Rank Transformation as a Bridge Between Parametric and Nonparametric Statistic."  Invited presentation at:

1.  Texas A&M University Institute of Statistics, College Station, Tex. (Nov., 1979)
2.

American Institute of Decision Sciences National meeting, New Orleans, La. (Nov., 1979).
3.  Southern Methodist University Department of Statistics, Dallas, Tex. (Apr., 1978).
4.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Antonio, Tex.  (Feb., 1978). "Methods for Sensitivity Analysis Using Small Samples on Long Running Computer Codes," invited presentation at the Joint National Meeting of the Statistical Societies, Washington, D.C (Aug., 1979).

"The Rank Transformation as a Method of Discrimination, With Some Examples," invited presentation at the joint National Meeting of the Statistical Societies, San Diego, Cal. (Aug., 1978).

"Regression Methods Applied to Ranks as a Robust and powerful Method of Analysis," invited presentation at the national meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, St. Louis, Mo. (Oct. 1978).

"On Some Alternative Procedure Using Ranks for the Analysis of Experimental Designs," invited presentation at the Joint National Meeting of the Statistical Societies, Boston, Ma. (Aug., 1976). 

       "Nonparametric Methods in the Analysis of Experimental Designs." Invited presentation at:

         1. The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Dec., 1975).
         2.

38th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Atlanta Ga. (Aug., 1975).

 CONTRIBUTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

      Approximately 20 contributed papers presented at national and regional meetings of the   

      American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

      Presented 2-day short course on Nonparametric Statistics for the American Statistical

      Association which is now available on videotape through the ASA (August 1981).

      Associate Editor, The American Statistician, 1978-81.

      

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