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Phone: (970) 491-5762
Website: http://www.stat.colostate.edu/%7Emeyer/welcome.html
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Education
- PhD Statistics, University of Michigan
About
My main area of research is estimation and inference in statistical models with inequality constraints. This includes non-parametric function estimation using constrained regression splines, density and hazard function estimation with shape constraints, models with order restrictions.
Publications
- Design-Based Estimation of Small and Empty Domains in Survey Data Analysis using Order Constraints Survey Methodology.
- One-sided testing of population domain means in surveys Survey Methodology.
- Penalized Unimodal Spline Density Estimation with Applications to M-estimation Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference.
- Estimation and Inference for Partial Linear Regression Surfaces using Monotone Warped-Plane Splines. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 1.
- Improved variance estimation for inequality-constrained domain mean estimators using survey data. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 2021.
- Estimation and inference of domain means subject to qualitative constraints. Survey Methodology.
- cgam: An R Package for the Constrained Generalized Additive Model Journal of Statistical Software, 2019.
- Checking Validity of Monotone Domain Mean Estimators Canadian Journal of Statistics, 2, 2019.
- Estimation and inference in mixed effect regression models using shape constraints, with application to tree height estimation Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C.
- Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Theory, Applications, and Practice in R SIAM, 2019.
- A Formal Method for Detecting and Describing Cultural Complexity: Extending Classical Consensus Analysis Field Methods, 3, 2018.
- A Framework for Estimation and Inference in Generalized Additive Models with Shape and Order Restrictions STATISTICAL SCIENCE, 4, 2018.
- Convergence rates for constrained regression splines JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE, 2018.
- Constrained Partial Linear Regression Splines Statistica Sinica, 2018.
- Change-point estimation using shape-restricted regression splines JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE, 2017.
- Testing against a linear regression model using ideas from shape-restricted estimation JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY, 2, 2017.
- Penalized Isotonic Regression Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 2016.
- Shape selection in Landsat time series: A tool for monitoring forest dynamics Global change biology, 2016.
- Survey estimation of domain means that respect natural orderings Canadian Journal of Statistics, 4, 2016.
- National Grass Trials Results from Eight States with 22 Cutivars Horticulture Science , 2016.
- Penalized isotonic regression Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 2015.
- coneproj: An R package for the primal or dual cone projections with routines for constrained regression Journal of Statistical Software, 1, 2014.
- A simple new algorithm for quadratic programming with applications in statistics Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, 5, 2013.
- Constrained spline regression in the presence of AR (p) errors Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 4, 2013.
- Semi-parametric additive constrained regression Journal of nonparametric statistics, 3, 2013.
- Constrained penalized splines Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1, 2012.
- Improved power of one-sided tests Statistics & Probability Letters, 8, 2012.
- Nonparametric estimation of a smooth density with shape restrictions Statistica Sinica, 2012.
- Bayesian estimation and inference for generalised partial linear models using shape-restricted splines Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 4, 2011.
- Estimation of Hazard Functions with Shape Restrictions Using Regression Splines Nonparametric Statistics and Mixture Models: A Festschrift in Honor of Thomas P. Hettmansperger, the Pennsylvania State University, USA, 23-24 May 2008, 2011.
- Nonparametric estimation of density and hazard rate functions with shape restrictions Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 2, 2011.
- Testing the monotonicity or convexity of a function using regression splines Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1, 2011.
- Confounding in Observational Studies using Standardized Test Data: Careful Disentanglement of Statistical Interpretations and ExplanationsQuality Research in Literacy and Science Education Springer, 2009.
- Inference using shape-restricted regression splines The Annals of Applied Statistics, 2008.
- Estimating a Polya Frequency Function₂ Lecture Notes-Monograph Series, 2007.
- Consistency and power in tests with shape-restricted alternatives Journal of statistical planning and inference, 11, 2006.
- Melody and word accent relationships in Ancient Greek musical documents: The pitch height rule The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2006.
- Prevalence and degree of childhood and adolescent overweight in rural, urban, and suburban Georgia Journal of School Health, 4, 2006.
- Wider Shoes for Wider Feet?. Journal of Statistics Education, 1, 2006.
- Demographic Evidence That Human Ovulation Is Undetectable (At Least in Pair Bonds) 1 Current Anthropology, 3, 2005.
- Marital coitus across the life course Journal of Biosocial Science, 04, 2005.
- Software product assessment based on customer inputs: metrics and managerial implications International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 1, 2005.
- Who wants airbags? Chance, 2, 2005.
- Consistent maximum likelihood estimation of a unimodal density using shape restrictions Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1, 2004.
- No evidence of a mid-cycle peak in women’s sexual activity based on very large samples.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY2, 2004.
- A test for linear versus convex regression function using shape-restricted regression Biometrika, 1, 2003.
- An evolutionary algorithm with applications to statistics Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2, 2003.
- Directed Walk Designs for Dose-Response Problems with Competing Failure Modes Biometrics, 2, 2003.
- Does school, compared to home, provide a unique adaptive context for children’s ADHD-associated behaviors? A cross-cultural test Cross-cultural research, 4, 2002.
- On the biocultural study of children’s hyperactive and inattentive behavior American Anthropologist, 1, 2002.
- On the biocultural study of children’s hyperactive and inattentive behavior [5] American Anthropologist, 1, 2002.
- Predictive variable selection in generalized linear models Journal of the American Statistical Association, 459, 2002.
- Uncounted Votes: Does Voting Equipment Matter? Chance, 4, 2002.
- Adaptive explanations of ADHD: An empirical test.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY2001.
- An alternative unimodal density estimator with a consistent estimate of the mode Statistica Sinica, 2001.
- Exploring the confidence interval for a binomial parameter in a first course in statistical computing The American Statistician, 4, 2001.
- ADHD-type behavior and harmful dysfunction in childhood: A cross-cultural model American Anthropologist, 4, 2000.
- On the degrees of freedom in shape-restricted regression Annals of Statistics, 2000.
- Scholarly Reaction: Letter Response to Dupagne and Waterman Determinants of US Television Fiction Imports in Western Europe Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 4, 2000.
- A comparison of nonparametric shape constrained bioassay estimators Statistics & probability letters, 3, 1999.
- An extension of the mixed primal–dual bases algorithm to the case of more constraints than dimensions Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 1, 1999.
- Customer satisfaction for financial services: the role of products, services, and information technology Management science, 9, 1999.
- An Extension of the Mixed Primal-Dual Bases Algorithm to the Case of More Constraints than Dimensions, with Applications to Nonparametric Shape Constrained Problems in Regression, Maximum Likelihood Density Estimation, and the Bioassay Problem COMPUTING SCIENCE AND STATISTICS, 1998.
- Effects of depleted uranium on decomposition and soil bacterial communities Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL (United States), 1995.