13th ANNUAL OHIO STATISTICS CONFERENCE

Cleveland, Ohio --- November 22, 1996

The Ohio Statistics Conference was initiated in 1984 by the Department of Statistics, Ohio State University. Now, it rotates annually to all regions of the state. One of the objectives of this meeting is to gather statistical scientists in Ohio academia, government and industry to learn about recent developments in Statistics. However, the primary goal is to attract quantitatively strong undergraduate students to our profession by enhancing their interest in pursuing graduate programs in Statistical Science in the State of Ohio. We hope that faculty members will encourage students with strong quantitative skills, not just mathematics majors, to attend the conference to explore opportunities for graduate studies in Statistics.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Scott is Professor and former Chair of Statistics at Rice University. He is 1998 Joint Statistical Meetings Program Chair for Dallas, and the former President of the ASA Statistical Graphics Section. He is co-editor of Computational Statistics and Statistical Science, and past Associate Editor of JASA and AOS. He is the author of "Multivariate Density Estimation" and a Fellow of ASA, IMS, AAAS, and ISI.

His talk will examine ways in which statisticians are exploiting advanced visualization techniques to explore multivariate data for structure. Basic tools such as scatter plots and histograms will be woven into new tools such as the Density Grand Tour (DGT). A videotape demonstrating the DGT running on a Silicon Graphics Workstation with real data will be presented. The work will be related to statistical problems in clustering and detection.

• 9:00 - 9:30
  • REGISTRATION
  • Coffee/Tea/Donuts
  • Display: Information on Statistics Graduate Programs in the State of Ohio

• 9:30 - 9:40
  • WELCOME

• 9:40 - 11:10
  • SESSION I
    • 9:40-10:10 William Meyers, Procter and Gamble, The Role of a Statistician in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Procter and Gamble Perspective
      
    • 10:10-10:40 Ralph O'Brien, Cleveland Clinic, Determining the "Right" Sample Size (power analysis): New Software to Relieve the Pain
      
    • 10:40-11:10 Joseph Verducci, Ohio State University, Longitudinal Data A Analysis of Depressive Symptoms in Bereaved Children and Adolescents

• 11:10 - 11:30 BREAK (Refreshments)

• 11:30 - 12:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
  • Professor David Scott, Department of Statistics, Rice University

• 12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH

• 2:00 - 3:00 SESSION II
  • 2:00-2:30 Mario Peruggia, Ohio State University, Bayesian Analysis of Earthquake Activity
    
  • 2:30-3:00 Wojbor Woyczynski, Case Western Reserve University, Statistical Modeling of Thin Films' Growth

• 3:00 - 3:15 BREAK (Refreshments)

• 3:00 - 4:30 SESSION III
  • 3:15-3:45 R. Daniel Meyer & Robert Wilkinson, Lubrizol Corporation, Variable Selection or Variable Assessment?
    
  • 3:45-4:15 Thomas Ryan, Case Western Reserve University, Control Charts: A Tool for Decision Making
    
  • 4:15-4:45 Gary Skerl, The Glidden Company, Application of Statistics at ICI Paints

• Case Western Reserve University, Department of Statistics
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• American Statistical Association, Cleveland Chapter
• Case Western Reserve University, College of Arts and Sciences
• The Lubrizol Corporation
• Procter and Gamble, Biostatistics and Medical Surveillance Department
• Ross Products Division, Abbot Laboratories

The registration fee is $20, if received by November 4, 1996. The late registration fee, up to and including the day of the conference, is $25. The fee will cover registration materials, lunch and refreshment breaks. Registration fee is waived for undergraduate students interested in exploring opportunities for graduate studies in statistics, but registration should be completed by Nov. 4. Please make your check payable to "Case Western Reserve University - Ohio Statisticians Conference" and mail to the following address:

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From the south via I-71: (from Cleveland's southwest suburbs, Mansfield, Columbus and Cincinnati)

• Take I-77 or I-71 north to downtown Cleveland. I-77 and I-71 merge with I-90.
• Follow I-90 east and exit at Chester Avenue.
• Turn right (east) on Chester and proceed to East 93rd Street.
• Turn right (south) on East 93rd Street and drive one block to Euclid Avenue and the CCF campus.

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• Follow I-271 to the Cedar Road exit.
• Turn right (west) on Cedar and drive approximately eight miles to Carnegie Avenue.
• Follow Carnegie west about 1/2 mile to the CCF campus.

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• Follow I-90 west to Cleveland. Exit at East 55th Street.
• Turn left (south) on East 55th Street and proceed to Chester Avenue.
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• Turn right (south) on East 93rd Street and drive one block to Euclid Avenue and the CCF campus.

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• Follow I-80 west to Exit 13 (I-480).
• Take I-480 west to I-271 north.
• Follow I-271 north to the Cedar Road exit.
• Turn right (west) on Cedar and drive approx. 8 miles to Carnegie Avenue.
• Follow Carnegie west about 1/2 mile to the CCF campus.

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• Take I-90 east to downtown Cleveland.
• Exit at Chester Avenue. Turn right (east) and proceed to East 93rd Street.
• Turn right (south) on East 93rd Street and drive one block to Euclid Avenue and the CCF campus

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