Ronald Randles, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Statistics

Nonparametric Statistical Methods; Large Sample Distribution Theory

Selected Honors and Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American Statistical Association
  • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
  • Chair, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, 1989–2000
  • College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction
  • Paul Minton Award, Southern Regional Council on Statistics
  • Chair, Nonparametric Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, 2000 and 2008
  • Vice President of the American Statistical Association, 1993–95

Selected Publications

  • Multivariate Nonparametric Tests of Independence, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2005), 100, 916-925 (with S. Taskinen and H. Oja).
  • On Multivariate Signed Rank Tests, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (2005), 17, 201-216 (with Z. Mahfoud).
  • Multivariate Nonparametric Tests, Statistical Science (2004), 19, 598-605 (with H. Oja).
  • A Practical Affine Equivariant Multivariate Median, Biometrika (2002), 89, 851-859 (with T. Hettmansperger).
  • Simpler, Affine Invariant, Multivariate Distribution-Free Sign Tests, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2000), 95, 1263-1268.

Education

  • B.A. (1964) College of Wooster, Mathematics
  • M.S. (1966) Florida State University, Statistics
  • Ph.D. (1969) Florida State University, Statistics