Harry J. Khamis, Ph.D., PStat., FASA
I'm a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University with a joint appointment in the Department of Community Health, School of Medicine. I'm also the Director Emeritus of the Statistical Consulting Center at the university.
My favorite research problems are
- the semi-symmetric intraclass contingency table
- Buffon's needle problem
- the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness of fit test
- the multigraph representation of hierarchical loglinear models
- stature prediction.
My favorite hobbies are
- bridge
- folk dancing
- the Swedish language (det svenska språket).
Education History
- 1974: B.S. mathematics, Santa Clara University
- 1976: M.S. mathematics, Virginia Tech
- 1980: Ph.D. statistics, Virginia Tech
- 1980-86: Assistant Professor, Wright State University (WSU)
- 1986-93: Associate Professor, WSU
- 1993-2015: Professor and Director of the Statistical Consulting Center, WSU
- (1999-2000: Visiting Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden)
- 2015 - present: Professor Emeritus
Teaching
1980-2015: taught wide range of mathematics and statistics courses at the undergraduate level; taught many of the graduate statistics courses, including quality control, survival analysis, categorical data analysis, sampling design, theory of statistics, statistical methods, linear model theory, experimental design.
Research Statement
Major Active Research Areas
- Categorical response models
- Goodness of fit tests
- Survival data analysis
- Geometric probability
Service
Served on a wide variety of departmental, college, and university committees. Was Chair of the Academic Integrity Hearing Panel for many years.
Students Advised
Graduate statistics advisor for many years.
Publications
As of 8-5-21: 101 peer-reviewed publications
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
American Statistical Association
Awards/Recognition
- Life Fellow, American Statistical Association
- PStat., American Statistical Association
