Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Scott J. Richter, PhD

Associate Professor
Director, Statistical Consulting Center

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Email: sjricht2@uncg.edu

Research interests: Nonparametric and resampling methods, applications of statistics.

 

Selected Publications

  1. Richter, S. J. and McCann, M. H. (In press).  Step-down Multiple Comparison Procedures Based on Medians and Permutation Tests. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation.

  2. Umbach, A. L., Lacey, E. P. & Richter, S. J. (2009).  Temperature-sensitive Alternative Oxidase Protein Content and its Relationship to Floral Reflectance in Natural Plantago lanceolata Populations. New Phytologist, 181(3), 662-671.

  3. Phillips, S. L., Richter, S. J., McPherson, D. (2009).  Voiced initial consonant perception deficits in older hearing-impaired listeners with good and poor speech perception. Journal of Speech, Learning and Hearing Research, 52, 118-129.

  4. Stavn, R. H. and Richter, S. J. (2008).  Biogeo-optics: Particle Optical Properties and the Partitioning of the Spectral Scattering Coefficient of Ocean Waters. Applied Optics, 47(14) 2660-2679.

  5. McPherson, C., Gal, P., Smith, M., Wilder, W., Richter, S., Ransom, J. L., Carlos, R., Dimaguila, M, Wimmer Jr., J. E. (2008).  Necrotizing Entrocolitis and Intestinal Perforation in Preterm Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Does indomethacin increase the risk? Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1(4), 209-216.

  6. Richter, S. J. & McCann, M. H. (2007).  Multiple Comparisons Using Medians and Permutation Tests. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 6(2), 399-412.

  7. Kirchoff, B. K., Richter, S. J., and Remington, D. L. (2007).  Characters as Groups: A New Approach to Morphological Characters in Phylogenetic Analysis. Taxon, 56, 479-492.

  8. Hamm, J. T.,  Yee, S., Rajendran, N., Morrissey, R. L., Richter, S. J. & Misra, M. (2007).  Histological Alterations in Male A/J Mice Following Nose-Only Exposure to Tobacco Smoke. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(5), 405-418.

  9. Payton, M. E., Richter, S. J., Giles, K., L., & Royer, T. A. (2006).  On Transformations of Count Data for Tests of Interaction in Factorial and Split-Plot Experiments. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99(3): 1002-1006.

  10. Brodie, B. R., Hansen, C. J., Stuckey, T. D., Richter, S. J., VerSteeg , D. S., Gupta , N., Downey, W. E., Pulsipher, M. (2006).  Door-to-Balloon Time with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction Impacts Late Cardiac Mortality in High-Risk Patients and Patients Presenting Early After the Onset of Symptoms. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 47: 289-295.

  11. Richter, S. J. and Payton, M. E. (2005).  An Improvement to the Aligned Rank Statistic for Two-factor Analysis of Variance. Journal of Applied Statistical Science, 14(3/4), 225-236.

  12. Su, Jin, Gargeya, Vidyaranya B. & Richter, Scott (2005).  Global Sourcing Shifts in the U. S. Textile and Apparel Industry: A Cluster Analysis. Journal of the Textile Institute, 96(4), 261-276.

  13. Brodie, B. R., VerSteeg, D. S., Brodie, M. M., Hansen, C. J., Richter, S. J., Stuckey, T. D., Gupta, N, Pulsipher, M., Downey, W.  (2005).  Poor long term patient and graft survival after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction due to saphenous vein graft occlusion. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 65, 505-509.

  14. Kirchoff, B. K., Richter, S. J., Remington, D. L. and Wisniewski, E. (2004).  Complex Data Produce Better Characters. Systematic Biology, 53(1), 1-17.

 

Recent Grant Activity

  1. TRIAD Center for Health Disparities, NCMHD/NIH, 10/1/2007-9/30/2012 ($6,589,787). Role: Grant Statistician.

  2. Efficacy of Motivational Interview to Lower Diabetes Risk in African Americans, 2008-2010, ($428,439). TRIAD Center for Health Disparities, NCMHD/NIH. Role: Co-PI.

  3. Speech Perception in Elderly Listeners with Poor Word Recognition, NIH R03, 2006. Role: Statistical Consultant.

  4. TRIAD Project for Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2004-2006 ($1,060,000). Role: Grant Statistician.

  5. Holistic and Analytic Visual Processing in Plant Systematists. UNCG College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Initiative Fund, 2002. ($6,950). Role: Co-PI.

 

Selected Consulting with Off-campus Clients

 

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