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2026 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Caleb FoxBootstrap Methods for Spatiotemporal Hawkes Process Confidence Intervals
Yu ZhangBayesian Methods for Borrowing Information and Evaluating Diagnostic Accuracy Under Heterogeneity
Hunter PrivettSimulating and Monitoring Functional Data for Anomaly Detection in Water and Wastewater Treatment
Sonish LamsalOn the Implementation and Certain Applications of the Variety Normal Distribution

2025 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Taylor GrimmFault Detection in Multivariate Processes: Handling Autocorrelation, Contamination, and Small Sample Sizes in Engineered Systems
Dusty TurnerPrincipled Tools for Modeling and Visualizing 2D Vector Fields
Natalie MastinFunctional Analysis of Variance Permutation Tests in Applied, Theoretical, and Educational Settings
Yurong ChenIncorporating External Controls into Win Ratio Analysis with Applications to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Trials

2024 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Rachel Dillmann GidaroForecasting Discrete Time Series
Ryan HebdonBayesian Methods to Account for Observational Uncertainty
Rory SamuelsInference Procedures for Multivariate and Functional Data: Applications to Pharmaceutical Statistics and Remote Sensing Data Analysis
Jamie RobermanBayesian approaches to problems in diagnostic testing and underreported count data
Derek WeixStatistical Covariance Monitoring and Multivariate Modeling with Applications to Water Treatment
Randy NguyenGuiding decisions using Bayes factors with applications in pharmaceutical statistics

2023 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
James OttoComputational Tools for Data Visualization, Bayesian Deming Regression, and Software Documentation
Xie ChangBayesian Dynamic Borrowing Strategies with Power Priors and Quantifying Prior Information for Circular Priors

2022 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Yuhan MaStatistical Methods for Outcome Misclassification Adjustment in Causal Inference and Spatial Classification
Jason MaddoxBayesian Method of Predicting In-Game Win Probability Across Sports
Will BestComparing Predictive Accuracy of Multiple Forecasts
Luke DurellApplications of Functional Data Analysis to Environmental Problems
Robert Hernandez        A Beta Regression Approach to Nonparametric Longitudinal Data Classification in Clinical Trials
Xing MengCovariate-Adjusted ROC Regressions and the Extensions in Trend Tests
Evan MiyakawaContributions to the practical application of Bayesian methods to survival analysis in clinical trials

2021 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Jinjie Chen        Bayesian Spatial Misclassification Model for Areal Count Data With Applications to COVID-19
Minho KimStatistical Methods for Complex Spatial Data
Qida MaContributions to algebraic pattern recognition and integrated likelihood ratio confidence intervals

2020 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Purvi PrajapatiBayesian Approaches for Survival Data in Pharmaceutical Research
Briceon WileyIntegrated-Likelihood-Ratio Confidence Interval Methods for Data Subject to Double-Sampling
Molly KlandermanMultivariate Fault Detection and Isolation
Melissa Innerst              Lehmann ROC Regression and Spatial Classification

2019 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Caleb SteinTopics on the Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Genomic Data.
Grant Innerst Contributions to Computational Algebraic Statistics
Whitney Worley On Testing for Equality of Two Population High-Dimensional Mean Vectors
Andrew Lawler Detecting episodes of star formation using Bayesian model selection
Divya LakshminarayananBayesian adjustment for misclassification bias and prior elicitation for dependent parameters
Yuelin LuBayesian inference for vaccine efficacy and prediction of survival probability in prime-boost vaccination regimes
Chris ElrodComputational Bayesian methods applied to complex problems in bio and astro statistics

2018 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Katrina AndersonBayesian Approach to Partially Validated Binary Regression with Response and Exposure Misclassification.
Ben BarnardA Power Contrast of Tests for Homogeneity of Covariance Matrices in a High-Dimensional Setting.
Clay KingApplications of Bayesian quantile regression and sample size determination.
Morgan McCrearyOn Inferring Cognitive Impairment from a Battery of Cognitive Tests and Predicting an Event-of-Interest from Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data.
Sarah StanleyBeta regression for modeling a covariate-adjusted ROC.
Youjiao YuWeibull Mixture Model for Grouped Data and Pattern Identification in Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data.
Kate (Qi) ZhouBayesian propensity score analysis for clustered data with misclassified response and its sensitivity to unmeasured confounding.

2017 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Somer BlairContributions to the theory and practice of prior elicitation in biopharmaceutical research.
Chris CasementGraphical methods in prior elicitation.
Madeline DrevetsBayesian inference for bivariate Poisson data with zero-inflation.
Paul FayaBayesian methods in non-clinical pharmaceutical statistics.
Tyler NelsonMultilevel binomial and Poisson regression with misclassified outcomes and binary covariates: a Bayesian approach.
Gabriel OdomThree applications of linear dimension reduction.
Justin SimsModeling nonlinear, nonstationary, vector time series: methods and applications.
Johanie Van ZylEvaluating treatment efficacy using AUC modeling.

2016 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Wencong ChenBayesian models for unmeasured confounder in the analysis of time-to-event data.
Mark EschmannBayesian methods to estimate the accuracy of a binary measurement system.
Jonathon VallejoSome new applications of Bayesian longitudinal models.
R. J. WakenFlexible spatial interpolation and uncertainty quantification : with applications in radar rainfall estimation.
Wenqi WuNetwork meta-analysis with rare events and misclassified response.

2015 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Joyce ChengBayesian methods for hurdle models.
Michelle MarcovitzLogistic regression models for short sequences of correlated binary variables possessing first-order Markov dependence.
Kristen TecsonTopics in Bayesian models with ordered parameters : response misclassification, covariate misclassification, and sample size determination.

2014 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Amy BurosSemiparametric AUC regression for ordered treatment effects.
Tom CarlileAdaptive Designs for Phase II Clinical Trials with Binary Endpoints.
Jack KnorrBayesian methods to estimate the accuracy of diagnostic tests in meta-analysis models.
Forrest WilliamsonOn the measurement of blinding in randomized, controlled trials.

2013 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
John BeesonTopics in multivariate covariance estimation and time series analysis.
Ross BrayA bivariate regression model with correlated mixed responses.
Joshua PatrickSemiparametric estimation and forecasting for functional-coefficient autoregressive models.
Ryan SidesSample size determination for two sample binomial and Poisson data models based on Bayesian decision theory.
Linda (Njoh) SimoTopics in interval estimation for two problems using double sampling.
Daisy (Jiang)YuanNormal approximation for Bayesian models with non-sampling bias.

2012 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Stephanie (Simon) DohertyInterval-censored negative binomial models : a Bayesian approach.
Brandi FalleyBayesian approaches for design of psychometric studies with underreporting and misclassification.
John RameySelected topics in high-dimensional statistical learning.
Hua WeiBayesian modelling of mixed outcome types using random effect.

2011 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Monica BennettBayesian approaches to correcting bias in epidemiological data.
Tave DotyBayesian topics in biostatistics : treatment selection, sample size, power, and misclassification.
Austin HandBayesian sample-size determination and adaptive design for clinical trials with Poisson outcomes.
Denka MarkovaTopics in odds ratio estimation in the case-control studies and the bioequivalence testing in the crossover studies.
Lindsay RenfroBayesian evaluation and adaptive trial design for surrogate time-to-event endpoints in clinical trials.
Eileen StockInterval estimation for TPRs and FPRs of two diagnostic tests with unverified negatives.
Sydeaka WatsonPoisson regression models for interval censored count data.

2010 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
William AtkinsonSpatial Poisson regression : Bayesian approach correcting for measurement error with applications.
MaryAnn Morgan-CoxCount regression models with a misclassified binary covariate : a Bayesian approach.
Jessica PruszynskiBayesian models for discrete censored sampling and dose finding.
Gaby RahardjaBayesian and likelihood-based interval estimation for the risk ratio using double sampling with misclassified binomial data.
John W. Seaman IIITopics in Bayesian inference : induced priors, proof loading for combination drugs, and distribution of archaeological skeletal assemblages.

2009 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Daniel BeaversBayesian approaches to parameter estimation and variable selection for misclassified binary data.
Stephanie PowersBayesian approach to inference and variable selection for misclassified and under-reported response models.
Philip YoungTopics in dimension reduction and missing data in statistical discrimination.

2008 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Joanna CrixelLogistic regression with covariate measurement error in an adaptive design : a Bayesian approach.
Jesus Cuellar-FuentesStatistical monitoring of a process with autocorrelated output and observable autocorrelated measurement error.
Brandi GreerBayesian and pseudo-likelihood interval estimation for comparing two Poisson rate parameters using under-reported data.
Joel HetzerStatistical considerations in the analysis of multivariate Phase II testing.
Jo MauldinBayesian approaches to problems in drug safety and adaptive clinical trial designs.
Kazutoshi MiyamotoBayesian and maximum likelihood methods for some two-segment generalized linear models.
Jie WangSample size determination for Emax model, equivalence / non-inferiority test and drug combination in fixed dose trials.
Lin ZhangSemiparametric AUC regression for testing treatment effect in clinical trial.

2007 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Dunlei (Chris) ChengTopics in Bayesian sample size determination and Bayesian model selection.
Anna McGlothlinLogistic regression with misclassified response and covariate measurement error: a Bayesian approach.

2006 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Patricia CarlinBayesian inference for correlated binary data with an application to diabetes complication progression.
Amy FengBayesian evaluation of surrogate endpoints.
John McBrideConjugate hierarchical models for spatial data: an application on an optimal selection procedure.
Page Casey MooreA restriction method for the analysis of discrete longitudinal missing data.
Songthip OunpraseuthSelected topics in statistical discriminant analysis.
Kent RiggsMaximum-likelihood-based confidence regions and hypothesis tests for selected statistical models.
Melissa SpannBayesian adaptive designs for non-inferiority and dose selection trials.

2005 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Deeanna AntoshStatistical issues concerning modeling and evaluating student achievement and school accountability.
Jose GuardiolaThe semicircular normal distribution.

2004 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Hassan ElsalloukhThe epsilon-skew-exponential power distribution.

2003 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Sunni BarnesMissing data in clinical trials.
Doyle BoeseLikelihood-based confidence intervals for proportion parameters with binary data subject to misclassification.
Cody Hamilton Bayesian procedures for ranking normal means.
Amy MaddoxRegression effect models.
Fanni NatanegaraBayesian models for circular data.
Marsha YoungContributions to the theory of quadratic forms and generalized quadratic forms in normal random matrices.

2002 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Dwight StephensSystematic bi-strata cluster sampling applied to preventive health care utilization rates.

2001 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Karen AndrewsBayesian analysis of time-to-pregnancy data.
Peter ChenError rate approximation and estimation for the linear discriminant function for the small training-sample-size case.
Janelle EriksonBayesian methods for bioequivalence studies.
Kathleen MorleyBayesian methods for linear calibration.
David PaulMathematical modeling in public education.

2000 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Mark HammerBayesian point estimates in finite population sampling.
Phil RhodesStatistical signal processing algorithms.
James StameyA Bayesian analysis of Poisson data with misclassification.

1993-1999 Dissertations

AuthorTitle
Marty Smith1999 - A Bayesian analysis for dose proportionality.
Laura Thompson1999 - A Bayesian analysis of mislabeling of training observations in linear discriminant analysis.
Benjamin Bekele1998 - Binomial data with misclassification : a Bayesian approach.
Virginia Sutton Kay1998 - Statistical evaluation of a project to estimate fish trajectories through the intakes of Kaplan hydropower turbines.
Thomas Parks1998 - Antagonism and synergism detection in multidimensional quantal response surfaces.
Julia Etta Thomas1998 - Properties of the ANOVA F test as applied to ordered categorical data : a simulation-based study.
Kent S. Borowick1997 - Analysis of low probability count data with applications in crime analysis.
David Manner1997 - Bayesian inference using surrogate variables.
Stacey David1996 - A Bayesian analysis of crossover designs and carryover effects.
Elisabeth Umble1996 - Determining the joint probability of failure of materials subject to multiple stress loads : a Bayesian approach.
Scott Burk1995 - Selection of beta distributions for the representation of uncertainty.
Melinda Miller1995 - Analysis of quantal responses in the joint action of two agents : Bayesian and distribution-free methods
Agustin Navarra1995 - Representations of common solutions to certain systems of matrix equations
Leah Lehman1993 - nMatrix equation solutions and distribution theory of quadratic forms

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      • JSM 2022 Baylor Statistics Alumni
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      • "Outstanding 1st year Ph.D. student for 2021-2022 academic year".
      • A $1.1 million NSF grant is helping educators use sports analytics to prepare the next generation of data scientists.
      • Baylor Data Scientists Partner on National Science Foundation Grant to Use Sports Analytics to Prepare Next Generation of Data Science Professionals
      • Baylor student profile in MORS journal
      • Congratulations to Dr. Yuhan Ma
      • Congratulations to James Otto who received the "Outstanding Overall Student Award" for the 2021-2022 academic year. 
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      • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      • SRCoS
      • Happy National Research Administrator Day!
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