Wayne A. Fuller

Distinguished Professor

Department of Statistics and
Department of Economics
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1210


EDUCATION

B.S.  1955
M.S.  1957
Ph.D.  1959 Ag. Econ. Iowa State University

 

INTERESTS

Measurement Error, Econometrics, Survey Sampling, and Time Series

 

PERMANENT POSITIONS

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa:

1959-1962: Assistant Professor
1962-1966: Associate Professor
1966-1983: Professor
1983-: Distinguished Professor

 

OTHER POSITIONS

1964-1965: National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Summer 1982: Visiting Professor, University of Southampton, U.K.
July 1994: Visiting Professor, University of New England, Australia

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Graduate teaching 25%
  • Consulting 10%
  • Research 65%

 

TEACHING

  • Graduate econometrics (538)
  • Time series (651)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Books: Introduction to Statistical Time Series. Wiley, New York, 1976, 2nd edition 1996, and Measurement Error Models. Wiley, New York. 1987.
  • Book edited: (with R. J. Brown) Statistical Analysis of Measurement Error Models and Applications, Amer. Math. Soc., Rhode Island. 1990.
  • Journal articles: more than 80 articles in 21 journals.
  • Other publications: more than 20 other refereed publications.

 

SPEECHES, PAPERS

Over 150 seminars, speeches and papers presented. Has given short courses at meetings of the American Statistical Association and the International Statistical Institute.

 

GRADUATE EDUCATION

Directed the dissertation work of 62 Ph.D. students and the thesis or creative component work of 26 M.S. students.

 

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

  • Currently principal investigator or participant on research agreements with Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service and Census Bureau.
  • Has been  an investigator on agreements with the Agricultural Research Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and various state and private organizations.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Member of American Agricultural Economics Association, American Statistical Association (Fellow), Biometric Society, Econometric Society (Fellow), Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Fellow), International Statistical Institute (elected member).
  • Served on editorial boards of American Journal of Agricultural Economics (formerly Journal of Farm Economics), Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistician, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and Survey Methodology.
  • Served on three National Academy of Science Panels, Rural Development Statistics, Decennial Census Methodology, and Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas; and served as a member of Committee on National Statistics.
  • Held numerous offices in the American Statistical Association including Chair of the Business and Economic Statistics Section and Chair of the Survey Research Methods Section. Served a three-year term as National Vice President, 1991-1993.
  • Served on many national and international committees, including the Advisory Committee on Statistical Methods, (currently chair) Statistics Canada; Survey Research Methods Group on the Technical Aspects of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and AAEA/ERS/NASS Task Force on Economic and Environmental Data Needs.

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Consultant to Doane Market Research and Garst Seed Co. (now ICI).
  • Has consulted with A. C. Nielsen.
  • Acted as a consultant to Ford Foundation Mexico and to Peruvian Department of Agriculture through the Iowa Mission.
Statistical Laboratory
Iowa State University
218 Snedecor Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1210
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Tel: (515) 294-9773
Fax: (515) 294-2456
E-mail: waf@iastate.edu

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