Suzanne R. Dubnicka

Associate Professor

Department of Statistics
Kansas State University
108C Dickens

Email: dubnicka "at" ksu "dot" edu
Office: 785-532-0523
Fax: 785-532-7736
 

EDUCATION:
 Ph.D., Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998.
M.S., Applied Statistics, Western Michigan University, 1994.
B.S., Statistics, Western Michigan University, 1992.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  robust nonparametric statistics, nonparametric function estimation, Bayesian statistical analysis, incomplete data methods, methods correlated data, statistical computing
 

PUBLICATIONS:

  • M.P. Anderson and S.R. Dubnicka (2009). Sequential Bayesian classification: DNA barcodes. Applied Statistics in Agriculture Confeence Proceedings, in review.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2009). Kernel density estimation with missing data: misspecifying the missing data mechanism, in revision.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2009). Kernel density estimation with missing data and auxiliary variables, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 51:247-270.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2007). A confidence interval for the median of a finite population under unequal probability sampling: a model-assisted approach, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 137:2429-2438.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2006). Confidence intervals for the median of a finite population based on the sign test. Communications in Statistics -- Theory and Methods, 35:551-569.
  • C.-Y.C. Cochrane, S.R. Dubnicka, and T.M. Loughin (2005). Comparison of methods for analyzing replicated preference tests. Journal of Sensory Studies, 20:484-502.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2005). Rank-based regression with clustered data. Kansas State University Department of Statistics Technical Report II-05-1.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2004). A rank-based estimation procedure for linear models with clustered data. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 3:39-48.
  • S.R. Dubnicka (2002). Testing against ordered alternatives for multivariate censored survival data. Statistics and Probability Letters, 56:207-216.
  • S.R. Dubnicka, R.C. Blair, and T.P. Hettmansperger (2002). Rank-based procedures for mixed paired and two-sample designs. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 1:32-41.


WORKING PAPERS and CURRENT PROJECTS:

  • A Bayesian model for environmental exposure data with limit of detection (with Shane Reese).
  • Bayesian analysis of challenge model data (with Shane Reese).
  • Testing for the difference of two or more distributions with missing data and auxiliary variables.
  • DNA Barcoding: Classification and Species Discovery (with Mike Anderson, Ph.D. student).
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (Co-Investigator; PI Dave Renter, Co-PI Brad White).


TEACHING:

During Fall 2009, I am teaching STAT 716 Nonparametric Statistics and STAT 770 Theory of Statistics I. I have taught the following courses at KSU.

  • STAT 950 Bayesian Statistical Analysis (Spring 2008)
  • STAT 950 Missing Data Methods (Fall 2005)
  • STAT 901 Rank and Robustness (Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Fall 2008)
  • STAT 825 Numerical Methods for Statistics (Spring 2007, Spring 2009)
  • STAT 771 Theory of Statistics II (Spring 2003, Spring 2006, Spring 2008)
  • STAT 770 Theory of Statistics I (Fall 2003, Fall 2004)
  • STAT 726 Introduction to Splus/R Computing (Spring 2007)
  • STAT 725 Digital Statistical Analysis (Spring 2005, Spring 2006)
  • STAT 716 Nonparametric Statistics (Fall 2007)
  • STAT 702 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2009)
  • STAT 510 Introduction to Probability and Statistics I (Fall 2006)
  • STAT 340 Biometrics I (Spring 2004)


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