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About The Author

David Moore

Dr. David Sheldon Moore is a statistician, who is well-known for his leadership of statistics textbooks and education for many decades. He retired in 2004 as a Shanti Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Emeritus at Purdue University. Dr. Moore got his A.B. from Princeton University and earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University.

David Moore is the author of a series of influential textbooks in statistical science, including An Introduction to the Basic Practice of Statistics, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, and Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. His research is focused on the asymptotic theory of robust and nonparametric stats.

William Notz

Dr. William I. Notz (Bill Notz) is a statistics professor at Ohio State University.
He received his B.S. in physics from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University. His first academic position was as an assistant professor in Purdue University's Department of Statistics. Bill taught the introductory concepts course with Professor Moore while there, and as a result of this experience, he became interested in statistical education.

Professor Notz is a co-author of EESEE (the Electronic Encyclopedia of Statistical Examples and Exercises) and Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. His research interests have been in experimental design and computer experiments. He has written several research papers as well as a book on the design and analysis of computer experiments.

Dr. Notz is a member of the American Statistical Association. He has been the editor of the journals Technometrics and Journal of Statistics Education. He has worked at Ohio State University as the Director of the Statistical Consulting Service, as the acting chair of the Department of Statistics for a year, and as an Associate Dean in the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.