Dr. B. Sango Otieno

Current Address

11336 78th Avenue

Allendale, MI 49401.

(616) 331-2832.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

q Ph.D., Statistics, 2002, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (U.S.A)

q Thesis Title: An Alternative Estimate of Preferred Direction for Circular Data

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christine M Anderson-Cook.

q M.Sc., Statistics, 1994, Egerton University (Kenya)

Thesis Title: Exponential and Gamma Time Series Models

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Dankit K. Nassiuma.

q B.Sc.(Hons), Mathematics and Statistics, 1990, Egerton University (Kenya)

q Certificate in Crop Weather Modeling, 1996, Meteorological Service, Bet Dagan (Israel).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. TEACHING

Aug 2003 to Present: Grand Valley State University

Assistant Professor of Statistics.

Aug 2002 to May 2003: The College Of Wooster

-Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics.

Aug 1999 to Dec 2001: Virginia Tech, - Teaching Assistant

Aug 1998 to May 1999: Northern Illinois University, -Teaching Assistant

Aug 1996 to May 1998: Binghamton University , -Teaching Assistant.

Sept. 1994 to Aug 1996: Egerton University - Assistant Lecturer

Oct. 1990 to Sept. 1994: Egerton University - Teaching Assistant.

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2. CONSULTING:

Aug 1999 to June 2002: Virginia Tech Graduate Student Consultant

Consulted with non-statistics faculty and graduate students. Analyses included Regression, Categorical Data, Non-Parametric Methods, Time Series and Circular Data. Helped clients design and analyze experiments. Wrote reports for clients. Co-authored manuscripts at the request of clients. I worked with over 50 clients from the departments of Engineering, Fisheries and Wildlife, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Agronomy, Chemistry, Education and Human Resources and Sports

Research Areas: - Directional Data

- Time Series Analysis

- Nonparametric Statistics

- Categorical Data Analysis

Computing Platforms: Unix, Windows

Programming Languages: SPLUS & SAS

Statistical Software: SAS & SPLUS, some Minitab and SPSS.

Text formatting and Office Computing: LaTex, MS Word, Excel.

Publications:

1) Nassiuma, D.K. and B. Sango Otieno (1996). "An Introduction to the theory of estimation". Egerton University Press.

2) B.Sango Otieno and D.Nassiuma (2001). "Gamma and Exponential Auto-

regressive Moving Average (ARMA) processes". Journal of Agriculture Science and Technology. Vol. 3, pp. 71-80.

3) Anderson-Cook, C.M. and B. Sango Otieno. (2002). Circular Data. In Encyclopedia of Environmentrics. Vol. 1 , pp. 338-340. Editors: A.H. El-Shaarawi and W.W. Piegorsch. John Wiley & Sons.

4) Bergh, J.C., McCoy, C.W. and B. Sango Otieno. (2002). Diel periodicity of emergence of adult citrus rust mites in Central Florida. Journal of Experimental and Applied Acarology. Vol. 26. pp. 169-185.

5) B. Sango Otieno and Anderson-Cook, C.M. A More Efficient Way of Obtaining a Unique Median Estimate for Circular Data. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. Vol. 3, , no. 1, pp. 168-176.

6) B. Sango Otieno and Anderson-Cook, C.M. Hodges-Lehmann Estimator of Preferred Direction for Circular Data. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. (Submitted 2003).

Professional Membership:

American Statistical Association (ASA): 2003.

Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS): 2000 Present.

International Biometric Society (ENAR): 2002 Present.

Mu Sigma Rho

AWARDS

1996: Israel Government Scholarship for a course on Crop Weather Modeling.