Weisberg, Statistics

Sanford Weisberg
University of Minnesota School of Statistics

St. Paul Campus Office	Minneapolis Campus Office (mailing address)
1994 Buford Avenue	224 Church Street SE
146 Classroom Office Building	312 Ford Hall
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108	Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Phone: (612)625-8777	Phone:(612)625-8355
Fax: (612)624-2719	Fax: (612)624-8868
Email: sandy@stat.umn.edu

Summer 2008 office hours: TuW mornings by appointment in 146 ClaOff for consulting. By appointment in 312 Ford.

Links to courses:

Stat 1001, Introduction to the ideas of statistics, fall 2001, spring 2009.
Stat 5021, Introduction to statistical analysis, winter, 1999.
Stat 5302, Applied regression analysis, spring, 2000.
Stat 5303, Design and analysis of experiments, spring, 2005.
Stat 5421, Categorial data analysis, fall 2006.
Stat 8051, Computing, regression, and generalizations of the linear model, for statistics graduate students, fall, 2007.
Stat 8053, Advanced regression and applied multivariate statistics for stats Ph.D. students only. Fall 2008
Stat 8061, Applied statistical methods, a masters' level regression course, fall, 2001. No longer offered.
Stat 8311, Linear models, fall, 2006. The material in this course has been moved to other required Ph.D. level statistics courses.
Stat 8801 Statistical Consulting, spring 2008.

Links to books and software:

Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, third edition, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley.
Cook, R. D. and Weisberg, S. (1999).Applied Regression Including Computing and Graphics, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley.
Arc software. Arc is free, menu driven, high quality software for linear regression analysis, discussed in the book Applied Regression Including Computing and Graphics.
Cook, R. D. and Weisberg, S. (1994). An Introduction to Regression Graphics, Hoboken NJ: John Wiley.
The dr package for dimension reduction methods in R is available from CRAN.
Cook, R. D. and Weisberg, S. (1982). Residuals and Influence in Regression. This book was published by Chapman & Hall and is out of print. One can occasionally find a used copy from an on-line bookseller, or download a copy of the book.

Statistical Consulting Service:

The Statistical Consulting Service at the University of Minnesota provides statistical advice to the University community, and sometimes others.

Selected recent talks

Brief CV:

A.B., University of California, Berkeley; Ph. D., Harvard University. Thesis advisor: Frederick Mosteller.
Professor of statistics at the University of Minnesota School of Statistics; member of this faculty for an incredibly long time.
Director of the Statistical Consulting Service at the University of Minnesota.
Research interests: Graphics, regression, diagnostics, data analysis.
Statistical consultant on a (very) wide array of topics, both in University research and in the community.
Selected publications:
- Harper, E., Paul, W. Mech, L.D. and Weisberg, S. (in press). Effectiveness of lethal, directed wolf-depredation control in Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management.
- Taff, S. and Weisberg, S (2007). Even compensated short-term conservation restrictions reduce sales prices. The Appraisal Journal, 75, 45-55.
- Weisberg, S. (2005). Lost opportunities: why we need a variety of statistical packages. Journal of Statistical Software, Vol 13, get a copy from http://www.jstatsoft.org.
- Cook, R. D. and Weisberg, S. (2004). Partial one-dimensional regression models. The American Statistician, 58, 110--116. Get the data described in this article.
- McCorriston, J. and Weisberg, S. (2002). Spatial and temporal variation in Mesopotamian agricultural practices in the Khabur Basin, Syrian Jazira. Journal of Archeological Science, 29, 485--498.
- Weisberg, S. (2002). Dimension reduction regression in R. Journal of Statistical Software, Vol. 7, get a copy from http://www.jstatsoft.org
- Pan, Wei, Connett, John E., Porzio, G. and Weisberg, S.(2001). Graphical model checking using marginal model plots with longitudinal data. Statistics in Medicine, 20, 2935-2945.

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