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Dr. Harold B. Sackrowitz
Education:
Columbia University, Ph.D. (Mathematical Statistics) 1968, New York NY
Brooklyn College, B.S. (Mathematics) 1963, Brooklyn NY
Experience:
Professor – Department of Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University (1981to present).
Graduate Director – Department of Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University (1977-1995): Duties include teaching, research, responsibility for departmental involvement
with the Graduate School and serving as the advisor for all graduate and undergraduate statistics students. Responsibilities also include a review of performance and the registration of all
students each semester as well as the review of all materials relating to new applications for
admission to the graduate program.
Associate Professor – Department of Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University (1972-1981). Duties – mainly teaching and research.
Assistant Professor – Department of Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University (1968-1972). Duties – mainly teaching and research.
Statistician – Western Electric Research Center (Summer, 1969). Duties – research and
assist group in quality assurance.
Research Statistician – Columbia University Electronics Research Laboratories (Summers
1965, 1966).
Honors, Assistantships, Fellowships and Grants:
Mathematics award at high school graduation; elected to Pi Mu Epsilon and Sigma Xi
at college; graduated from college cum laude with honors in mathematics; Assistantship and
NSF trainee-ship while at Columbia University. Research supported by U.S. Army Resarch
Office-Durham (during summers of 1965 and 1966); research supported by the National Science
Foundation from September 1969-September 1971; from July 1978-July 1979; from July 1985July 1988; from July 1989-July 2000. Research supported by NSA July 1998-July 2000; July
2002-July 2003; July 2005-June 2012; NSF July 2005-June 2012.
Societies:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Fellow); American Statistical Association (Fellow).
Professional Services:
Referee for NSF, Annals of Statistics, Journal of Quality Technology, JASA,Techno- metrics, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, JRSS, Communications in Statistics, Probability and
Statistics Letter, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Computational Statistics and
Data Analysis. Standards reviewer for ASQC Standards Council.
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Publications
1. Distributions associated with the quadrivariate normal. J. Ind. Math. Soc. 15 (1965),
1-14. (with K.S. Miller)
2. Multidimensional distributions of invariant vector functionals. J. Ind. Math. Soc. 17
(1967), 57-67.
3. Relationship between biased and unbiased Rayleigh distributions. SIAM J. Appl. Math.
15 (1967), 1490-1495. (with K.S. Miller)
4. Estimation for monotone parameter sequences: The discrete case. Ann. Math. Statist.
41 (1970), 609-620.
5. Estimation of the last mean of a monotone sequence. Ann. Math. Statist. 41 (1970),
2021-2034. (with A. Cohen)
6. A note on approachability in a two person game. Ann. Math. Statist. 43 (1972),
1017-1019.
7. Alternative multilevel sampling plans. Technometrics 14 (1972), 645-652.
8. On the admissibility of M.L.E.’s for ordered binomial parameters. Ann. Statist. 2
(1974), 822-828. (with W. Strawderman)
9. On estimating the common mean of two normal distributions. Ann. Statist. 2 (1974),
1274-1282. (with A. Cohen)
10. Optimal inspection procedures for stationary Markov chains. Manag. Sci. Theory 21
(1974), 261-270. (with E. Samuel-Cahn)
11. Some optimality properties for chi-square, likelihood ratio, and other goodness of fit
tests. Ann. Statist. 3 (1975), 959-964. (with A. Cohen)
12. A note on unrestricted AOQL’s. J. Qual. Tech. 7 (1975), 77-80.
13. Admissibility of chi-square, likelihood ratio and other goodness of fit tests. Sankhya
38B (1976), 350-355. (with A. Cohen)
14. Hypothesis testing for the common mean and balanced incomplete block designs. Ann.
Statist. 5 (1977), 1196-1211. (with A. Cohen)
15. The influence of the non-recent past in prediction for stochastic processes. J. Mult.
Anal. 9 (1979), 222-233.
16. ARL comparisons for multi-level sampling plans. Frontiers in Stat. Qual. Cont. (1981),
235-241.
17. Estimating the mean of the selected population. Proc. Third Symposium on Statistical
Decision Theory and Related Topics. Purdue University, 1981. (with A. Cohen)
18. Procedures for improving the m.l.e. for ordered binomial parameters. J. Stat. Planning
and Inference 6 (1982), 287-296.
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19. Testing hypotheses about the common mean of normal distributions. J. Stat. Planning
and Inference 9 (1984), 207-227. (with A. Cohen)
20. An alternative to Student’s t-test for problems with an indifference zone. Ann. Statist.
12 (1984), 451-469. (with L.D. Brown)
21. Bayes double sample estimation procedures. Ann. Statist. 12 (1984), 1035-1049. (with
A. Cohen)
22. Results on double sample estimation for the binomial distribution. Ann. Statist. 12
(1984), 1109-1116. (with A. Cohen)
23. Estimation of the mean of a selected negative exponential population. JRSS B 46
(1984), 242-249. (with E. Samuel-Cahn)
24. Decision theory results for vector risks with application. Statist. and Decisions (1984),
Supplement issue I, 159-174. (with A. Cohen)
25. Toward a determination of optimal multilevel sampling plans. Naval Res. Logistics
Quart. 32 (1985), 53-56.
26. Multivariate locally most powerful unbiased tests. Multivariate Analysis VI, Krishnaiah, P.R., editor, North-Holland Publ. Co., 1984, 121-144. (with A. Cohen, W. Strawderman)
27. Evaluating the chosen population: A Bayes minimax approach. IMS Lecture Notes and
Monograph Series: Adaptive Statistical Procedures and Related Topics. J. Van Ryzin, editor,
1987, 386-395. (with E. Samuel-Cahn)
28. An approach to inference following model selection with applications to transformation-based and adaptive inference. JASA 82 (1987), 1123-1130. (with A. Cohen)
29. Unbiasedness of tests for homogeneity. Ann. Statist. 15 (1987), 805-816. (with A.
Cohen)
30. Admissibility of goodness-of-fit tests for discrete exponential families. Statistics and
Probability Letters 5 (1987), 1-3. (with A. Cohen)
31. A decision theory formulation for population selection followed by estimating the mean
of the selected population. Fourth Purdue Symposium on Statistical Decision Theory and
Related Topics 2 (1988), 33-36. (with A. Cohen)
32. Exact tests that recover interblock information in BIBDs. JASA 84 (1989), 556-559.
(with A. Cohen)
33. Two stage conditionally unbiased estimators of the selected mean. Statistics and
Probability Letters 8 (1989), 273-278. (with A. Cohen)
34. Evaluating pre-test predictors of success in linear regression models. Recent Developments in Statistical Data Analysis and Inference, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989, 369-380. (with
A. Cohen)
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35. Unbiasedness of tests of homogeneity when alternatives are ordered. Topics in Statistical Dependence. IMS Lecture Notes Monograph Series, 1990, 135-146. (with A. Cohen, M.
Perlman)
36. Admissibility of estimators of the probablity of unobserved outcomes. Annals of the
Institute of Statistical Mathematics 42 (1990), 623-636. (with A. Cohen)
37. Unbiased tests for some one sided testing problems. Canad. J. Statist. 18 (1990),
337-346. (with A. Cohen)
38. Tests for independence in contingency tables with ordered categories. J. Mult. Anal.
36 (1991), 56-67. (with A. Cohen)
39. Constructing unbiased tests for homogeneity and goodness of fit. Statistics and Probability Letters 12 (1991), 351-355. (with A. Cohen)
40. Improved tests for comparing treatments against a control and other one sided problems. JASA 87 (1992), 1137-1144. (with A. Cohen)
41. An evaluation of some tests of trend in contingency tables. JASA 87 (1992), 470-475.
(with A. Cohen)
42. Inadmissibility of studentized tests for normal order restricted models. Ann. Statist.
12 (1993), 746-752. (with A. Cohen)
43. Unbiased tests for Normal order restricted hypotheses. J. Mult. Anal. 46 (1993),
139-153. (with A. Cohen, J. Kemperman)
44. Some remarks on a notion of positive dependence, association, and unbiased testing.
Stochastic Inequalities, M. Shaked and Y.L. Tong (editors). IMS Lecture Notes Monograph
Series 22 (1993), 33-37. (with A. Cohen)
45. On stochastic ordering of partial sums with application to reliability theory. Statistics
and Probability, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1993, 165-170. (with A. Cohen)
46. Evaluating tests for increasing trend in the intensity of a Poisson process. Technometrics 35 (1993), 446-448. (with A. Cohen)
47. Association and unbiased tests in statistics. Chapter 9 in Stochastic Orders and Their
Applications, M. Shaked and G. Shanthikumar (editors), 1994. (with A. Cohen)
48. Double sample estimation when cost depends on the parameter. Statistical Decision
Theory and Related Topics V, S. Gupta and J. Berger (editors), Springer-Verlag, New York,
1994, 253-266. (with A. Cohen)
49. Rationality and unbiasedness in hypothesis testing. JASA 89 (1994), 967-971. (with
E. Samuel-Cahn)
50. Projected tests for order restricted alternatives. Ann. Statist. 22 (1994), 1539-1546.
(with A. Cohen, J. Kemperman)
51. Unbiased testing in exponential family regression. Ann. Statist. 22 (1994), 1931-1946.
(with A. Cohen, J. Kemperman)
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52. Unbiased testing of treatments against a control. Scand. J. Statist. 22 (1995), 95-104.
(with A. Cohen, M. Fygenson)
53. On stochastic ordering of random vectors. J. Appl. Prob. (1995), 960-965. (with A.
Cohen)
54. Constructing tests for normal order restricted inference. Bernoulli 1 (4) (1995), 321333. (with A. Cohen, E. Samuel-Cahn)
55. Inadmissibility of some tests for order-restricted alternatives. Statistics and Probability
Letters 24 (1995), 153-156. (with A. Cohen)
56. Cone order association. J. Mult. Anal. 55 (1995), 320-330. (with A. Cohen, E.
Samuel-Cahn)
57. Lower confidence bounds using pilot samples with an application to auditing. JASA
91 (1996), 338-342. (with A. Cohen)
58. Time management in sport: Ball control and other myths. Chance 9 (1996), 41-49.
(with D. Sackrowitz)
59. Lower confidence regions for restricted parameter spaces. Mathematical Models in
Statistics 5 (1996), 113-123. (with A. Cohen)
60. Cone order association and stochastic coneordering with applications to order restricted
testing. Ann. Statist. 24 (1996), 2036-2048. (with A. Cohen)
61. Tests for the umbrella alternative under normality. Hogg Volume, Communications in
Statistics 25 (November 1996), 2807-2818. (with A. Cohen)
62. Improving tests for superior treatment in contingency tables. JASA 92 (1997), 700-705.
(with V. Berger)
63. Rationality criterion. Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Wiley, New York, 1998,
575-576.
64. Directional tests for one-sided alternatives in multivariate models. Ann. Statist. 26
(1998), 2321-2338. (with A. Cohen)
65. P-values as random variables; expected P-values. American Statistician 53 (1999),
326-331. (with E. Samuel-Cahn)
66. Properties of likelihood inference for order restricted models. J. Multivar. Anal. 72
(2000), 50-77. (with A. Cohen, J. Kemperman)
67. Directed likelihood ratio tests for ordered alternatives and inference results for the
star-shaped restriction. J. Statist. Planning and Inference (2000). (with A. Cohen)
68. Testing whether treatment is “better” than control with ordered categorical data:
Definitions and complete class theorems. Statistics and Decisions 68 (2000), 1-25. (with A.
Cohen)
69. Properties of Bayes testing procedures in order restricted inference. Statistics and
Probability Letters 49 (2000), 205-209. (with A. Cohen)
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70. Testing whether treatment is “better” than control with ordered categorical data: An
evaluation of new methodology. Statistics in Medicine 19 (2000), 2699-2712. (with A. Cohen,
M. Sackrowitz)
71. Refining the point(s) after touchdown decision. Chance 13 (2000), 29-34.
72. When to go for two. American Football Coach 6 (March 2000), 46-50.
73. A new test for treatment vs. control in an ordered 2 × 3 contingency table. Probability
and Statistical Models with Applications, Charalambides, Koutras, and Balakrishnan (Eds.),
(2001), 549-564. (with A. Cohen)
74. Wherefore similar tests? Statist. and Prob. Letters 54 (2001), 283-290. (with A. Cohen)
75. On the bias in estimating genetic length and other quantities in simplex constrained
models. Ann. Statist. 30 (2002), 202-219. (with A. Cohen, J.H.B. Kemperman).
76. Directed likelihood ratio tests for order restricted alternatives and inference results for
the star shaped restriction. JSPI 103 (1-2) (2002), 181-189. (with A. Cohen)
77. Inference for the model of several treatments and a control. JSPI. To appear. (with
A. Cohen).
78. Methods of reducing loss of efficiency due to discreteness of distributions. Stat. Math.
in Med. Res. 12 (2003), 23-36. (with A. Cohen)
79. Effective directed tests for models with ordered categorical data. Australian & New
Zealand Journal of Statistics 45 (2003), 285-300. (with A. Cohen, D. Madigan)
80. Monotonicity properties of multiple endpoint testing procedures. JSPI 125 (2004),
17-20. (with A. Cohen)
81. Dynamic programming and time related strategies in sports. Economics, Management,
and Optimization in Sports. S. Butenko, J. Gil-Lafuente and P.M. Pardalos (Eds.), SpringerVerlag, New York, 2004, 31-42.
82. A discussion of some inference issues in order restricted models. The Canadian Journal
of Statistics 32 (2004), 199-205. (with A. Cohen)
83. A four action problem with ordered categorical data: are two distributions the same,
ordered, or otherwise? Statistics and Probability Letters 70 (2004), 223-234. (with A. Cohen,
J. Kolassa)
84. A test for homogeneity of odds ratios in ordered 2 × 2 tables. Biometrical Journal 46
(2004), 633-641. (with A. Cohen, J. Kolassa)
85. Decision theory results for multiple endpoint procedures. Annals of Statistics 33
(2005), 126-144. (with A. Cohen)
86. Characterization of Bayes procedures for multiple endpoint problems and inadmissibility of the step-up procedure. Annals of Statistics 33 (2005), 145-158. (with A. Cohen)
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87. A new test for stochastic order of k ≥ 3 ordered multinomial populations. Statistics
and Probability Letters 76 (2006), 1017-1024. (with A. Cohen, J. Kolassa)
88. A test for the equality of multinomial distributions vs increasing convex order. Recent
Developments in Nonparametric Inference and Probability. IMS-LNMS 50 (2006), 156-163.
(with A. Cohen, J. Kolassa)
89. More on the inadmissibility of step-up. Journal of Multivariate Analysis 98 (2007),
481-492. (with A. Cohen)
90. A note on the U, V method of estimation. Complex Datasets and Inverse Problems.
IMS-LNMS 54 (2007), 172-176. (with A. Cohen)
91. A smooth version of the step-up procedure for multiple tests of hypotheses. Statistics
and Probability Letters. S. N. Roy Centennial Volume 137 (2007), 3352-3360. (with A. Cohen,
J. Kolassa)
92. Multiple testing of two-sided alternatives with dependent data. Statistica Sinica 18
(2008), 1593 - 1602. (with A. Cohen)
93. A family of Bayes multiple testing procedures. Biometrika 95 (2008), 295 - 305. (with
A. Cohen, M. Xu, S. Buyske)
94. The use of an identity in Anderson for multivariate testing. JSPI 37 (2008), 2615-2621.
(with A. Cohen, M. Xu)
95. A new multiple testing method in the dependent case. Annals of Statistics 37 (2009),
1518-1544. (with A. Cohen, M. Xu)
96. Some issues concerning disclosure risk in contingency tables. Statistics and its Interface
2 (2009), 223-225. (with A. Cohen)
97. Admissible, consistent multiple testing with applications including variable selection.
Electronic Journal of Statistics 3 (2009), 633-650. (with C. Chen, A. Cohen)
98. Multiple testing in ordinal data models. Electronic Journal of Statistics 3 (2009),
912-931. (with C. Chen, A. Cohen)
99. Multiple testing of pairwise comparisons. IMS Collections Borrowing Strength: Theory
Powering Applications-A Festschrift for Lawrence D. Brown 6 (2010), 144-157. (with A. Cohen,
C. Chen)
100. Consistent multiple testing for change points. Journal of Multivariate Analysis 102
(2011), 1339 - 1343. (with K. Chen, A. Cohen)
101. Multiple rank tests for pairwise comparisons. IMS Collections Contemporary Developments in Bayesian Analysis And Statistical Decision Theory - A Festschrift for William E.
Strawderman 9 (2012), 57-63. (with A. Cohen)
102. The interval property in multiple testing of pairwise differences. Statistical Science
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103. Individualized 2-stage multiple testing procedures with corresponding interval estimates. (with A. Cohen and Y. Ma)
104. Nonparametric multiple testing procedures and simultaneous interval estimates. (with
A. Cohen and Y. Ma)
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