Steven T. Garren
Associate Professor


Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Burruss Hall, Room 008
MSC 7803
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807

Fax: (540) 568-6857
E-Mail: garrenst@jmu.edu


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Office hours

Spring 2004

Monday, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, 9:20 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.


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Math 220

Spring 2004


Exam dates.

Recommended homework.

Required SPSS homework #1.

Required SPSS homework #2.

Required SPSS homework #3.

Required SPSS homework #4.

Required SPSS homework #5.

Required SPSS homework #6.

Syllabus.

Formula sheet for final exam.

Graphs from lecture.

Computer labs.

Free tutoring in Math 220.


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Math 427

Spring 2004


Exam dates.

Homework.

Syllabus.


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Education

Roanoke College B.S., Computer Science & Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Roanoke College, 1989.

UNC-Chapel Hill M.S., Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992.

UNC-Chapel Hill Ph.D., Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dissertation: ``Parametric and nonparametric modeling of data using sampling algorithms'' under the direction of Richard L. Smith, 1994.


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Employment

NIEHS Mathematical Statistician, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1991-1994.

UVa Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Virginia, 1994-2000.

JMU Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Madison University, 2000-current .


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Publications

Garren, S. T. (2003), ``Improved estimation of medians subject to order restrictions in unimodal symmetric families," Statistics and Decisions, 21 #4, 367-380.

Garren, S. T., and Chang, T. C. (2002), ``Improved ratio estimation in telephone surveys adjusting for noncoverage,'' Survey Methodology, 28 #1, 63-76.

Garren, S. T., Smith, R. L., and Piegorsch, W. W. (2001), ``Bootstrap goodness-of-fit test for the beta-binomial model,'' Journal of Applied Statistics 28 #5, 561-571.

Garren, S. T. (2000), ``Asymptotic distribution of estimated affinity between multiparameter exponential families,'' Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 52 #3, 426-437.

Garren, S. T. (2000), ``On the improved estimation of location parameters subject to order restrictions in location-scale families,'' Sankhya, Series B, 62 #2, 189-201.

Garren, S. T., and Peddada, S. D. (2000), ``Asymptotic normality in multivariate nonlinear regression and multivariate generalized linear regression models under repeated measurements with missing data,'' Statistics and Probability Letters 48, 293-302.

Garren, S. T., and Smith, R. L. (2000), ``Estimating the second largest eigenvalue of a Markov transition matrix,'' Bernoulli 6 #2, 215-242.

Garren, S. T., Smith, R. L., and Piegorsch, W. W. (2000), ``Reader reaction: On a likelihood-based goodness-of-fit test of the beta-binomial model," Biometrics 56 #3, 947-949.

Garren, S. T. (1998), ``Maximum likelihood estimation of the correlation coefficient in a bivariate normal model with missing data,'' Statistics and Probability Letters 38 #3, 281-288.

Garren, S. T., and Richards, D. S. (1998), ``General conditions for comparing the reliability functions of systems of components sharing a common environment,'' The Journal of Applied Probability 35, 124-135.

Devereux, T. R., Wiseman, R. W., Kaplan, N., Garren, S., Foley, J. F., White, C. M., Anna, C., Watson, M. A., Patel, A., Jarchow, S., Maronpot, R. R., and Anderson, M. W. (1994), ``Assignment of a locus for mouse lung tumor susceptibility to proximal Chromosome 19,'' Mammalian Genome 5, 749-755.


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