A. John Bailer
- Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics
- Scripps Research Fellow, Scripps Gerontology Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Statistical Consulting Center
- Affiliate Member, Department of Zoology
- Affiliate Member, Department of Sociology & Gerontology
- Affiliate Member, Institute of Environment & Sustainability
| Address | 311 Upham Hall, Department of Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA |
| Office Phone | 513.529.3538 |
| Stat Dept. Phone/FAX | 513.529.7828 (529-STAT) / 513.529.0989 |
| baileraj AT muohio.edu | |
| Office hours (Spring 2012) | 1:30-2:30 MTWR or by appointment |
Research/Scholarly Interests
- Design and analysis of environmental toxicology studies
- Design and analysis of occupational health studies
- Quantitative risk estimation
- Gerontological data analysis
- Promoting quantitative literacy
Education and class links
Class links (students should refer to Niihka for course-related materials)
Statistical education resources+:
- Chance (Magazine)
- Signifcance (Magazine)
- Numeracy (Journal)
- Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE)
- Resources on the Web for Statistics students and teachers
- Websites for statistics instructors
- International Statistical Literacy Project
Other cool stat-related links:
- getstats (RSS campaign to improve how we handle numbers)
- Understanding Uncertainty site
- Micromorts (from understanding uncertainty site)
- The Big Risk Test (BBC)
- Carl Bialik WSJ Number's guy blog
- Ben Goldacre's Bad Science blog
- Andrew Gelman's blog on Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference and Social Science
- Flowing Data
- Gapminder (for a fact-based world view)
- Google Scholar
- FedStats
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Statistical software links:
R computingSAS (support)
SAS (OnlineDoc)
Talks/Presentations (subset of recent talks)
- Risk estimation, model uncertainty and risk assessment practice (ICRA4 - May 28, 2011)
- That's not what I meant: adventures in defining new variables (SAS Webinar - November 2010)
- Moving towards a quantitative literacy core competency requirement (JSM 2010 - August 2, 2010)
- News and Numbers: telling the story to learn the statistics (JSM 2009 - August 2, 2009)
- Worker injuries and safety equipment in Ohio nursing homes (Ohio LTC Research Project Advisory Council meeting - October 24, 2008)
- Political economy of US states and rates of fatal occupational injury (2nd Annual Miami-Seoul Symposium - October 23, 2008)
- Do raters agree when assessing nursing home resident impairment? (OSU Biostat. Seminar - June 5, 2008)
- Shutting Down the Bars: Options for Displaying and Comparing Data Distributions (MU ECOLUNCH - January 30, 2007)
Books
Statistical Programming in SAS - Bailer (2010)
Analyzing Environmental Data - Piegorsch & Bailer (2005)
Statistics for Environmental Biology and Toxicology - Piegorsch and Bailer (1997)
SAS and S-Plus Programs
ERRATA
Professional Society links:
Organizational links:
National Academy of SciencesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
National Center for Environmental Health
Avocational links:
UNC HoopsFox Soccer
ESPN Soccer
Great reads (book/author list) [updated: 04 JAN 12]
This document was last modified on 04 January 2012.
Please send comments and suggestions to baileraj@muohio.edu