Jeffrey B. Birch
Professor, 1977
Director of Graduate Programs in Statistics
Office: 210-C Hutcheson Hall
Phone: (540) 231-7934
Fax: (540) 231-3863
E-mail:
jbbirch@vt.edu
Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 M-Th
Link to syllabi for all courses.
Research areas:
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Linear and Nonlinear Regression
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Generalized Linear Models
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Mixed Linear Models
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Analysis of Clustered Data
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Nonparametric and Semiparametric Regression
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Exploratory and Robust Data Analysis
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Bioassay
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Computationally Intensive Methods in Statistics
Selected Publications:
Pickle, S. M., T. J. Robinson, J. B. Birch, and C. Anderson-Cook. A Semi-Parametirc Approach to Robust Parameter Design. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, to appear in 2007.
Willis A. Jensen, Jeffrey B. Birch, and William H. Woodall. High Breakdown Estimation Methods for Phase I Multivariate Control Charts. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, to appear in 2007.
Williams, J. D., Woodall, W. H., and Birch, J.B. Statistical Monitoring of Quality Profiles of Products and Processes. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, to appear in 2007.
Jensen, Willis A., Jeffrey B. Birch, and William H. Woodall. Profile Monitoring Via Linear Mixed Models. Journal of Quality Technology, to appear in 2007.
Williams, James D., Woodall, William H., Birch, Jeffrey B., and Sullivan, Joe H. 2006. Distributional Properties of the Multivariate T2 Statistic Based on the Successive Differences Covariance Matrix Estimator. Journal of Quality Technology 38, 3, pp 217-229.
Williams, J.D., J.B. Birch, W.H. Woodall, and N. M. Ferry. 2007. Statistical Monitoring of Heteroscedastic Dose-Response Profiles from High-throughput Screening. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 12, 2, pp 216-235.
Birch, J.B. and J.P. Morgan. 2005. TA Training at Virginia Tech: A Stepwise Progression. The American Statistician 59, 1, pp. 14-18. Invited Paper.
Williams, James D., J.B. Birch, and S. Walfish. 2003. Statistical Method to Account for Plate-to-Plate Variability in Multiple-Plate Bioassays. Biopharm International May, pp. 44-54.
Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, J.B. Birch 2003. Statistical properties of the relative weight (Wr) index and an alternative procedure for testing Wr differences between groups. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1136-1151.
Craig, J. R. , D. Edwards, J. D. Rimstidt, P. F. Scanlon, T. K. Collins, O. Schabenberger, and J. B. Birch. 2002. Lead Distribution on a Public Shotgun Range. Environmental Geology 41:873-882.
Mays, J. E. and J.B. Birch. 2002. Smoothing for Small Samples with Model Misspecification: Nonparametric and Semiparametric Concerns. Journal of Applied Statistics 29, pp. 1023-1045.
Mays, J. E., Birch, J. B., and B. A. Starnes. 2001. Model Robust Regression: Combining Parametric, Nonparametric, and Semiparametric Methods. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp 245-277.
Schabenberger, O. and J. B. Birch. 2001. Statistical Dose-Response Models with Hormetic Effects. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Vol. 7, number 4, pp. 891-908.
Nottingham, Q.J. and J.B. Birch. 2000. A Semiparametric Approach to Analyzing Dose-Response Data. Statistics in Medicine Vol. 19, 389-404.
Mays, J. E. , Birch, J. B. and R. L. Einsporn. 2000. An overview of Model Robust Regression. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Vol. 66, pp. 79-100.
Nottingham, Q. J., Birch, J. B. and B. A. Bodt. 2000. Local Logistic Regression for Binary Data. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Vol. 66, pp. 35-50.
Robinson, T. J. and J. B. Birch. 2000. Dual Model Robust Regression. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Vol. 66, pp 113-126.
Starnes, B. A. and J. B. Birch. 2000. Asymptotic Results for Model Robust Regression. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Vol. 66, pp. 19-33.
Assaid, C. and J. B. Birch. 2000. Automatic Bandwidth Selection in Robust Nonparametric Regression. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Vol. 66, pp. 259-272.
Nottingham, Q. J. and J. B. Birch. 1998. A Note On the Small Sample Behavior of Logistic Regression in a Bioassay Setting. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics Vol. 8, No. 4, 565-576.
Birch, J.B. 1995. Ten suggestions for effectively teaching short courses to heterogeneous groups. The American Statistician Vol. 49, No. 2, 190-195.
Walker, E. and J.B. Birch. 1988. Influence measures in ridge regression. Technometrics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 221-228. Corrections, Technometrics, Vol. 30, No. 4, 469-470.
Birch, J.B. and R.H. Myers. 1982. Robust analysis of covariance. Biometrics 38, 699-713. (invited paper).
Birch, J.B. and R.D. Martin. 1981. Confidence intervals for robust estimates of the first order autoregressive parameter. Journal of Time Series, Vol. 2, No. 4, 205-220.
Awards:
Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence
University Award for Outstanding Teaching
William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence
University Award for Outstanding Teaching Member
Academy of Teaching Excellence
Courses taught:
Regression, Advanced Regression, Bioassay, Exploratory and Robust Data Analysis, Applied Statistics, Statistical Methods
Other activities:
Former Associate Editor, Biometrics
Former Chair, University Athletic Committee
Professional Memberships:
American Statistical Association
Biometric Society
Mu Sigma Rho, National Statistics Honor Society
Sigma Xi
Virginia Academy of Science