Myles Hollander

Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and Chair

Ph.D. 1965, Stanford University


holland@stat.fsu.edu

Chairman 1978-1981; 199-; Gottfried Noether Award, 2003; Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, 1998; Distinguished Research Professor, 1996; Professorial Excellence Award, 1997; Fellow, American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics.  Elected Member, International Statistical Institute; Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1986-1993; Associate Editor, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 1992-; Associate Editor, Lifetime Data Analysis, 1994-present; Editor-Elect, JASA — Theory and Methods 1993; Editor, JASA-Theory and Methods, 1994-1996.
STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
 
 

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
My major research interest is "nonparametrics".  Roughly, a nonparametric method is a statistical procedure that has desirable properties that hold under relatively mild assumptions regarding the populations from which the data are obtained.  In particular, in nonparametrics we do not make the assumption that the data can be represented by a normal curve.  In my research, I have worked to develop the nonparametric approach in various areas including  analysis  of clinical trials in medicine and, in reliability, estimating the chance that a complicated system will  function properly for a specified period.

In addition to developing new procedures to analyze data, I believe it is important for the researcher to present the techniques in a clear manner to increase the chance that they will be understood and used by others.  Thus, in addition to writing numerous papers, this goal of careful exposition has led me to co-author three four, participate in writing workshops for researchers, and engage in various editorial activities.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Nonparametric Inference for the Proportionality Function in the Random Censorship Model, J. Nonparametric Statistics, 2003, to appear (with G. Laird and K.S. Song)
      • Nonparametric Inference for Repair Models, Sankhya, 64, 693-706 (with J. Sethuraman)

      • Nonparametric Estimation with Recurrent Event Data, J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 96, 1299-1315, 2001 (with E. Peña and R. Stawderman)

      • Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Proportional Hazards Model of Random Censorship, Statistics, 35, 245-258, 2001 (with G. Laird and K. Song)

      • Nonparametric Statistical Methods, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, A Volume in the Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics, 787 pg., 1999 (with D. A. Wolfe)

      • Likelihood Ratio Based Confidence Bands for Survival Functions, J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 92, 1997 (with I.W. McKeague and J. Yang)

      • Nonparametric Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bands for Quantile Functions from Incomplete Survival Data, Ann. Statist. 24, 628-640, 1996 (with G. Li, I.W. McKeague, and J. Yang)