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RAVINDRA KHATTREE
Professor of Applied Statistics
Department of Methematics and Statistics
Oakland University
Rochester MI 48309-4401
Phone: 248-370-3448
e-mail: Khattree@.oakland.edu

Brief Biography

I was born in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and grew up at various places within the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. I then went to Indian Statistical Institute for my graduate studies. After studying at ISI, Calcutta, Delhi, Bangalore and Trivandrum all founded by visionary Professor P. C. Mahalanobis and working there for sometime, I came to University of Pittsburgh for my PhD. Since then and before joining Oakland in 1991, I have worked as a faculty member at the North Dakota State University, as an adjunct faculty at the Case Western Reserve University and as a Senior R&D Statistician at the BFGoodrich Chemical Group.

Academic Genealogy

I was a PhD student of the world renowned scholar and researcher in statistical theory, Prof. C. Radhakrishna Rao , who was the (only statistics) PhD student of Sir R. A. Fisher, the father of Statistics.

For a brief biography of Prof. C. R. Rao click here.

It is also believed that my family is the direct descendent of Raja Todarmal, who was the chief statistician in the court of the Mogul king Akbar the Great.

My Erdos number is 3.

Research Interests

My research interests in the past have mainly been in the areas of

Multivariate Analysis Repeated Measures Statistical Quality Control Industrial Statistics

Linear Models & Experimental Design Biostatistical Applications Statistical Inference Statistical Consulting

See my curriculum vita for the list of publications and talks presented. My current research interests: anything that is challenging and interesting although I am recently getting more and more interested in applied problems. See my curriculum vita for the related information.

Professional Awards

· 1. Fellow, American Statistical Association

· 2. Elected member, International Statistical Association

· 3. Winner, Young Statistician Award, International Indian Statistical Association, 2002

· 4. Recognition by Oakland university Board of Trustees, 2004

· 5. Apple for the Teacher Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1985.

Service to Profession

· 1. Chief Editor, Journal of Statistics and Applications (A new statistical journal starting in 2005).

· 2. Editor, Interstat (A statistical journal available on internet).

· 3. Associate Editor, Communications in Statistics.

· 4. Organized an international conference entitled "Industrial Statistics and Quality Improvement" during Aug. 20-22, 1993 held at Oakland University (Jointly with Prof. Perla). Proceedings of the conference appeared in the 1993 issue of ASA Proceedings of Q&P section.

· 5. Secretary (1987) and Vice president (1988) of Red River Valley Chapter of American Statistical Association.

· 6. Actively working on stopping the abuses of statistics/data and informing people about such misuses as well as about those doing bad science using data. As a typical instance, one of our own faculty member claiming to know statistics, measures the success rate of an instructor as 100 minus the nonsuccess rate, where all those dropouts students who without ever attending a single class or ever meeting the instructor withdrew (for whatever, personal or non personal reasons), are counted as the instructor's nonsuccesses. This is a typical example of using the wrong data. I attempt to point to people about such malpractices in statistics.

Books

Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS Software by R. Khattree and D. N. Naik, Second Edition, 1999, SAS Institute and John Wiley. It can be ordered by mail or by phone (919- 677-8000, then dial 1-7001). Order Number: CV55903.

Click here for the information on the book and an order form or to order the book online.

Multivariate Data Reduction and Discrimination with SAS software, 2000, R. Khattree and D. N. Naik. SAS institute and John Wiley, 2000.

Click here for the information on the book and an order form or to order the book online.

Handbook of Statistics, Volume 22: Statistics in Industry (To appear in June 2003) Editor: R. Khattree and C. R. Rao, Elsevier. The books with D. Naik are written both as a handy reference for researchers and practitioners and also as a text. These can be adapted for a self-taught tutorial as well as for a statistics service course for students from the non statistical disciplines. Handbook presents the recent advances in Industrial Statistics. Click here for the information on the book and an order form or to order the book online. Click here for more information on the handbook.

SAS codes for all the examples discussed in the two books are available at SAS website and can be down loaded. The back covers of the books provide the information about the procedure.

If you have some comments or criticisms (or praises) on my books, I will appreciate getting these from you at

Khattree@oakland.edu

The Handbook of Statustics: Statistics for Industry, Volume 22 is an upto date account of current research in Industrial Statistics. It contains 31 chapters written by leading researchers and practitioners from all over the world. It is meant to be a useful resource for researchers, practitioners and consultants in industrial statistics and industrial engineering. Click here for more information on the handbook.

Ph D Students

Anuradha Roy (Currently Assistant Professor at University of Texas, San Antonio), Pulak Ghosh (Assistant Professor, Gerogia State University)

Professional Membership

American Statistical Association, International Statistical Institute, Indian Statistical Association, International Biometric Society.

Community Service

· 1. Actively involved in the activities and workings of The Bharatiya Temple, Troy Michigan; served as President of Executive Committee, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and in many other capacities.

· 2. Involved in promoting the education among disadvantaged children.

· 3. Helping local media with various statistical calculations from time to time.

Personal Information

Married to Nidhi Khattree (Mehrotra), coming from Bhopal India; MA Economics, MS in Biological Sciences; Father: Chaturbhuj Prasad Khattri (1920-1996); Mother: Krishna Kumari Khattri; currently living in Vadodara, India; Grand Father: B. P. Khattri (of Banda, Uttar Pradesh, 1896-1985); He has translated the entire literature of Tulsi Das into English as poetry. Was well versed in Hindi, Urdu, English and Persian with extensive literary interests in poetry from all of these languages. Click here for personal interests and hobbies.

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