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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Research

Box 1

Folder 1: Original Folder List for Boxes 1-4, Undated

Folder 2: Biographical information and Vanity Press Applications, 1959-2002

Folder 3: Resume, Contemporary Authors, Current Contents, 1979-1997

Folder 4: Order Statistics and their Use in Estimation Vol. I and II - Reviews and Letters of Thanks, 1970-1974

Folder 5: Lectures on Order Statistics, 1984-1997

Folder 6: ASA Committee on Archives and Historical Materials and Correspondence, 1994-1999

Folder 7: Lists of ARL Publications, 1971-1997

Folder 8: Letters to the Editor of the American Statistician, 1961-1970

Folder 9: Statistics in the Air Force Research Program, 1961-1963

Folder 10: Some Optimization Problems in Parameter Estimation, 1971-1974

Folder 11: On the Analysis of Split Plot Experiments, 1960-1964

Folder 12: Wright Air Development Center Technical Notes, 1953-1955

Folder 13: The Relation Between Fisher's Discriminant Function and Wald's Classification Statistic, 1953

Folder 14: ARL Report on Weibull Statistics, 1964-1975

Folder 15: Report on Statistical Prediction of Unlikely Events, 1953

Folder 16: Annotated Bibliography of Order Statistics Vol. II - Proposal, 1979-1982

Folder 17: Annotated Bibliography of Order Statistics - Distribution and Invoices (1 of 2), 1974-1984

Folder 18: Annotated Bibliography of Order Statistics - Distribution and Invoices (2 of 2), 1984-2003

Folder 19: Asymptotic Formulas for Critical Values of a Modified Kilmogorov Test Statistic, 1979-1984

Folder 20: Grant proposal for Research on Improvement of Tests of Goodness of Fit, 1981-1982

Folder 21: Modified Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests of Goodness of Fit, 1982-1984

Folder 22: Proposed Monograph on Tests of Goodness of Fit, 1982-1984

Folder 23: Fortan Program for Maximum Likelihood Estimator of Weibull Distribution, ca. 1985

Folder 24: Requests to FTD for Foreign Documents and Translations, 1976-1977

Folder 25: Some Early Applications of Order Statistics to Multivariate Analysis, 1977-1980

Folder 26: Transparencies for Multivariate Analysis Lecture, 1978

Box 2

Folder 1: Some Applications of Order Statistices to Multivariate Analysis II, 1983-1987

Folder 2: Weibull, Log-Weibull, and Gamma Order Statistics, 1984-1988

Folder 3: Writings on the History of Order Statistics, 1987-1999

Folder 4: Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts, 1960-1979

Folder 5: Expected Values of Normal Order Statistics, 1960-2003

Folder 6: Annotated Bibliography of Order Statistics and Letters of Support for Balakrishnan, 1991-2001

Folder 7: Estimated Values and Covariances of Weibull Order Statistics, Undated

Folder 8: Maximum Likelihood Estimation, 1966-1977

Folder 9: CRC Handbook of Tables for the Use of Order Statistics in Estimation - Invoices, Manuscripts, 1996-2003

Folder 10: Contracts for CRC Handbook of Tables and Review of McMaster Student's Thesis, 1993-1996

Folder 11: CRC Handbook of Tables, 1996-2002

Folder 12: The Use of Order Statistics in Estimation, 1966-1970

Folder 13: Iterative Maximum Likliehood Estimation of the Parameters of Normal Populations…, 1964-1968

Folder 14: Estimation of the Standard Deviation of the Logistic Distribution by the Use of Selected Order Statistics, 1968-1979

Folder 15: Conditional Maximum Liklihood Estimation…of the Shape of Pareto and Limited Distributions, 1966-1968

Box 3

Folder 1: Linear Estimation of the Scale Parameter of the First Asymptotic Distribution of Extreme Values, 1969-1973

Folder 2: Maximum Likelihood Estimation, from Censored Samples, of the Parameters of a Logistic Distribution, 1966-1973

Folder 3: Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Parameters of a Four-Parameter Generalized Gamma Population…, 1965-1971

Folder 4: Papers on Weibull Distruibution by Harter and Moore, FORTRAN Progams, 1964-1975

Folder 5: More Papers on Weibull Distributions by Harter and Moore, 1964-1977

Folder 6: Asymptotic Covariances of Maximum Likelihood Estimates, 1965-1967

Folder 7: Invited Discussant's Coments on Dumonceaux-Antle-Haas Paper, 1972-1973

Folder 8: Some Aspects of Reliability and Life Testing, 1962-1966

Folder 9: Location Parameter of Extreme Value Distribution, 1965-1967

Folder 10: Three Parameter Lognormal Populations, 1965-1970

Folder 11: An Elementary Apporach to the Analysis of Variance, 1956-1973

Folder 12: Partially Hierarchical Models in the Analysis of Variance, 1955-1973

Folder 13: Some Properties of the Normal Distribution - Lecture for Bowling Green State University Math Club, 1956

Folder 14: Moments of Non-Integral Order, 1955-1974

Folder 15: Wald's Classification Statistic, 1950-1963

Folder 16: Estimating the Parameters of Exponential Populations from One or Two Order Statistics, 1961-1964

Folder 17: Exact Confidence Bounds, Based on One Order Statistic, for the Parameter of an Exponential Distribution, 1962-1968

Folder 18: Expected Values of Exponential, Weibull, and Gamma Order Statistics, 1963-1975

Folder 19: New Tables of the Incomplete Gamma-Function Ratio - ARL 64-123, 1964-1970

Folder 20: Percentage Points of the Pearson Type III Distribution, 1967-1976

Folder 21: A New Table of Percentage Points of the Chi-Square Distribution, 1963-1984

Folder 22: New Tables of Incomplete Gamma Function and of Percentage Points of Chi-Square Distribution, 1963-1973

Folder 23: Percentage Points of Beta Distribution, 1957-1971

Folder 24: Tables Published by GPO, 1963-1973

Folder 25: Tables of Probability Integral of Studentized Range, 1956-1985

Folder 26: Use of Tables of Percentage Points of Range and Studentized Range, 1960-1984

Folder 27: Computation and Use of Tables of Range and Studentized Range, IMS, Cleveland, 1959-1979

Folder 28: Error Rates and Sample Sizes in Multiple Comparisons, 1952-1954

Box 4

Folder 1: A Monte Carlo Study of Plotting Positions, 1981-1985

Folder 2: Order Statistics Volumes 1 and 2, 1969-1978

Folder 3: Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories Research Council, 1977

Folder 4: New Statistical Project Proposal, 1975-1976

Folder 5: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1970-1977

Folder 6: Combined Environment Reliability Test Program, 1976

Folder 7: MTBF Confidence Bounds Based on MIL-STD-781C Fixed-Length Test Results, 1977-1978

Folder 8: An Evaluation of Exponential and Weibull Test Plans, 1976-1979

Folder 9: Herbert Solomon - Distribution of Quadratic Forms - Tables and Applications, 1960-1963

Folder 10: D.B. Owen - Applications of Tables of the Distribution Function of the Bivariate Normal, 1958-1961

Folder 11: Circular Error Probabilities, 1957-1984

Folder 12: Realistic Models for System Reliability - Research Proposal, 1982-1984

Folder 13: Realisitic Models for System Reliability, 1984-1986

Folder 14: Comparision of Monte Carlo Techniques for Obtaining System-Reliability Confidence Limits, 1979-1980

Folder 15: Fixed and Sequential Test Plans for reliability of a System Whose Failure is a Two-Parameter Weibull, 1979-1981

Folder 16: Sequential Tests of Reliability: Weibull Distribution, 1983-1986

Folder 17: Regional Conference of Robust Statistical Procedures, 1976

Folder 18: Nonuniquness of Least Absolute Values Regression, 1976-1977

Folder 19: Adaptive Robusr Estimation of Location and Scale Parameters of Symmetric Populations (1 of 2), 1978-1979

Folder 20: Adaptive Robusr Estimation of Location and Scale Parameters of Symmetric Populations (2 of 2), 1978-1979

Folder 21: GENERATE and ANALYZE Programs, Rugg & Bourdon Thesis Proposals, 1975

Folder 22: University of Dayton Consultant Work on Aircraft Ejection, 1980-1981

Folder 23: University of Dayton Consultant Work on Spine Injury Statistics, 1979

Folder 24: Another Look at Plotting Positions, 1983-1985

Folder 25: Another Look at Plotting Positions - ASA Annua Meeting Presentation, Toronto, 1983-1984

Folder 26: Simple Robust Estimators of Locations, Scale, and Regression Parameters, 1973

Folder 27: More on Robust Estimators of Location, Scale, and regression Parameters, 1974

Box 5

Folder 1: Multiple Comparison Procedures for Interactions, 1969-1975

Folder 2: Error Rates and Sample Sizes for Range Tests in Multiple Comparisons, 1954-1955

Folder 3: Critical Values for Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 1955-1986

Folder 4: Corrected Error Rates for Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 1960

Folder 5: Early History of Multiple Comparison Tests, 1979-1984

Folder 6: Percentage Points of the Ratio of Two Ranges and Power of the Asscociated Test, 1961-1968

Folder 7: John Tukey - The Problem of Multiple Comparisons Draft, 1953

Folder 8: A Note on Tukey's One Degree of Freedom for Non-Additivity, 1958-1959

Folder 9: An Interpretation and Extension of Tukey's One Fegree of Freedom for Non-Additivity, 1959-1975

Folder 10: Maximum Likelihood Regression Equations, 1953-1954

Folder 11: Method of Least Squares and Some Alternatives, 1972-1981

Folder 12: Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences Article on Least Squares, 1979-1987

Folder 13: Invited Address to ASA: Error Bounds in Statistical Computations, 1978-1979

Folder 14: Quasi-Ranges (Normal Distribution), 1959-1965

Folder 15: Quasi-Ranges (Non-Normal Distribution), 1960

Folder 16: Confidence Bounds for Standard Deviation Based on Quasi-Ranges, 1960-1961

Folder 17: Criteria for Best Substitute Interval Estimators, with Application to Normal Distribution, 1962-1973

Folder 18: The Use of Sample Quasi-Ranges in Estimating Population Standard Deviation, 1958-1963

Series 2: Requests for Publications and General Correspondence

Box 5

Folder 19: Requests for Publications, 1974-1975

Folder 20: Requests for Publications, 1976-1978

Folder 21: Requests for Publications, 1979-1992

Box 6

Folder 1: S. Leigh Phoenix - Lecture Papers and Correspondence, 1976-1977

Folder 2: Dr. Waloddi Weibull - Correspondence, 1976-1977

Folder 3: General Professional Correspondence, 1948-1989

Folder 4: General Professional Correspondence, 1957-1976

Series 3: Reviews and Refereed Papers

Box 6

Folder 5: Notices of Statistics Lectures at UIUC and Review of Balakrishnan and Basu Proposal, 1993-1997

Folder 6: Review of Proposal for Book on Records, 1993-1994

Folder 7: Review of Farebrother, Fitting Linear Relationships, 1999

Folder 8: Review for Communications in Statistics, 2004

Folder 9: Review of Lognormal Distributions: Theory and Applications, 1988

Folder 10: Review of Order Statistics, Third Edition for Wiley, 1999

Folder 11: Review of Balakrishnan's Theory of Exponentials, 1993

Folder 12: Papers Refereed, 1987-1989

Folder 13: Papers Refereed, 1985-1987

Folder 14: Papers Refereed, 1981-1985

Folder 15: Mathematical Reviews, 1991-2004

Folder 16: Mathematical Reviews, 1963-1991

Folder 17: Mathematical Reviews, 1979-1994

Folder 18: Mathematical Reviews, 1974-1978

Folder 19: Mathematical Reviews, 1968-1973

Folder 20: Mathematical Reviews, 1963-1967

Series 4: Teaching Materials

Box 7

Folder 1: Air Force Institute of Technology Short Courses, 1970-1972

Folder 2: USAFR Lecture on Statistical Methods, 1957-1958

Folder 3: MA 3.14 -Quantitative Methods for Managers, 1983-1984

Folder 4: GST Mathematics Review (Calculus and Matrix Theory), 1984

Folder 5: Non-Credit Course: Introduction to Mathematical Satatistics, 1959-1960

Folder 6: MA 5.92 Managerial Statistics I, 1984

Folder 7: MA 8.11 Order Statistics, 1982-1983

Folder 8: MA 6.86 Non-Parametric Stats, 1983

Folder 9: Lectures on Order Statistics and Their Applications, 1982-1984

Folder 10: Lectures on Order Statisitcs and Their Applications - Notes and Handouts, 1982

Folder 11: Letters of Recommendation, 1971-1991

Series 5: Employment Records

Box 7

Folder 12: Wright Air Force Base Job Description and Personnel Action, 1952-1972

Folder 13: Air Force Travel Orders and Vouchers, 1953-1984

Folder 14: Saved Pay and Saved Grade Legislative Proposals, 1977

Folder 15: Air Force Personnel Records, 1966-1975

Folder 16: Air Force Institute of Technology - Paperwork, 1984-1985

Folder 17: Wright State and Aird Force Institute of Technology Employment Paperwork, 1979-1984

Folder 18: Paperwork for National register of Scientific and Technical Personnel and Executive Summary, 1956-1977

Folder 19: Letter from Wright State Re: External Consulting, 1986