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Thomas M. Loughin Professor Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Simon Fraser
University Surrey (Formerly Professor, Department of Statistics, MAILING ADDRESS: Statistics and Actuarial Science OFFICE: Podium 2: 2910. (Inside the Science Suite, 2905) PHONE: 778-782-8037 E-MAIL: tloughin "at" sfu "dot" ca |
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I hold an appointment within the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, and I coordinate statistical operations for the Surrey Campus. I am also director of the Management and Systems Science (MSSC) Program at SFU Surrey.
NEWS: The
My Duties include:
RESEARCH
· I am interested in developing Statistical Methodologies in a wide range of areas. Recent work includes:
· Modeling categorical data, particularly the analysis of multiple response categorical data. This problem arises often in surveys where respondents are told to “mark all that apply”. Surprisingly, until recently, there were no good, established methods for modeling data of this type. Chris Bilder and I have been working on a class of models that are flexible yet easy to interpret. See Chris’s website.
· Regression Trees. Regression trees, as they are currently used---both alone in CART and in ensembles---are very limited tools. With my graduate students I am beginning research toward improving the structure of regression trees to make them more flexible in practical ways. These ways include sensitivity to multiple main effects and to heteroscedasticity.
· Analysis of unreplicated experiments. When factorial experiments are performed without replication, the analysis of factors that affect the mean is tricky. Even trickier is the analysis of factors that affect the variance. In collaboration with some others, I am working on improving inferences from unreplicated factorials.
· Design and analysis of long-term experiments. When field trials and certain other experiments are run over a long time, they are subject to random effects due to years. Most experimental designs and analysis methods address this problem very poorly.
· Much of my work involves some kind of resampling (either bootstrapping or permutation-based), and often studies problems involving multiple testing.
· Collaborative Work with researchers in various areas. Recent areas of collaboration include Interactive Arts and Technology, Developmental Medicine, Wildlife Biology, Agriculture, and Veterinary Medicine.
· A detailed CV is available here (pdf format) .
STATISTICAL CONSULTING
· Statistical Consulting services ARE NOW BEING OFFERED. Contact me or read here to find out more!
· A full range of services, from advice to computational work, is offered to researchers both from SFU Surrey and from outside the SFU community.
· Optionally, collaboration (co-authorship) on projects, large or small, is invited with all researchers requiring more than just basic statistical help. Examples include projects requiring substantial amounts of time or complex analyses, or potentially controversial papers for which a named statistical author might help to ease the review process.
· Services are fee-based (rates are very competitive!). The initial visit (up to an hour) is free for researchers at SFU Surrey. Unfortunately, I cannot offer free e-mail consulting services to researchers across the planet!
· I make it a point to communicate in clear, simple language, both in learning about a problem and in describing options for solutions. I want you to be able to understand the analyses and the results that they achieve.
· The best time to contact me for statistical consulting is in the planning phase of the study. I can help to avert a disaster much more easily than I can help to recover from one.
· Don’t be like this guy!
TEACHING
I have taught a variety of courses:
· Graduate Level Statistics (Bootstrapping, Linear Models and Messy Data, Multiple Testing and Multiple Comparisons, Lifetime Data Analysis)
· Upper-Level Applications Courses (Categorical Data Analysis, Design of Experiments, Applied Linear Models)
· Service Courses (Intro to Stat, ANOVA, Regression, Intermediate Prob and Stat)
COORDINATING STAT ACTIVITIES AT
Contact me to talk about what Statistics can do for you:
· Discuss ideas for programs that involve training in Statistics.
· Develop Statistics courses to suit the needs of your curriculum
· Engage in research collaborations
DOWNLOADS
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A PDF file containing slides from my talk,
"Better Design and Analysis for Long Term Experiments" from The
ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings (November 6-10, 2005)
· A PDF file containing slides from my talk, "Sensible Graphics for Presentations and Papers" from the April 15, 2004 KERG Seminar, Division of Biology, KSU.
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A PDF file containing slides from my
talk, "Working with researchers in the Agricultural Sciences:
Communication is the Key" from the 2003 Joint Statistical Meetings in
· A PDF file containing slides from my talk, "Distinguishing between Dispersion and Location effects in Unreplicated Factorials" from the 2003 Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology (SRC03) in Dayton.
· The SAS/IML program to perform the Loughin and Noble (1997) permutation test for unreplicated factorials is here
Details regarding my education,
background, experience, and publications can be found on my
Expanded CV (pdf)
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(I live just 15 minutes North of Blaine) |
I used to live in Who has nicer weather today? |
Last Update: 14 Feb 2011