Stephen B. Vardeman

Stephen B. Vardeman is a University Professor of Statistics and Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University.

He is the author of Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving published in 1994 by PWS Publishing (ISBN 0-534-92871-4) (also published by IEEE as ISBN 0-7803-1118-3), winner of the (biennial) 1994 ASEE Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award for an outstanding new engineering textbook.  He is coauthor (with J. Marcus Jobe) of Statistical Quality Assurance for Engineers published in 1999 by John Wiley and Sons (ISBN 0-471-15937-3) and Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis (ISBN 0534-36957X) published in 2001 by Duxbury/Thomson Learning.

He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an (elected) Ordinary Member of the International Statistical Institute and was Editor of Technometrics from 1993 through 1995.  His current professional interests include Business Analytics, Engineering and Natural Science applications of Statistics, Statistics and Metrology, Directional Data Analysis, Defense and Homeland Security applications of Statistics, Industrial applications, Statistical Education, and the development of new Statistical Theory and Methods.

His Google Scholar profile is here and his Microsoft Academic Search information is here.  Additional professional details can be found on the CV here and he can also be located on LinkedIn.

Known errata for the 1st printing of Statistical Quality Assurance Methods for Engineers

Known errata for the 1st printing of Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis

Teaching:

Personal Teaching Philosophy

 

Statistics 104

Statistics 231

Statistics 305

Statistics 328

Statistics 330X

Industrial Engineering 361

Statistics 415

Statistics 447

Statistics 511

Statistics 531

Statistics 542

Statistics 543

Statistics 544

Statistics 551

Statistics 602X

Statistics 643

Statistics 648

 

AICE Short Course on "Advanced SPC"

AICE Short Course on "Introduction to Bayesian Statistics for Industry"

AICE Short Course on "Statistics and Measurement"

Opinion Piece:

"The Inevitable Coming Impact of Online Education on State Universities and Rational Response to What is Coming"   by Steve Vardeman and Max Morris

Slides for Colloquium Talk(s):

"Confidence Set Estimation from Rounded/Digital Normal Data" by Vardeman, Lee, and Vaca-Trigo (English Version / German Version)

Engineering and Physical Science RTG/VIGRE Statistics and Measurement Stuff 9/15/06, 9/22/06 and 9/29/06

Engineering and Physical Science RTG/VIGRE Technical Writing Stuff 9/14/07, 9/21,07, and 9/28/07

New Modeling and Bayes Inference for 3-D Orientations/Rotations and Equivalence Classes of Them

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