Gordon Research Conferences
Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
July 24-28, 1978
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Ronald D. Snee, chairman
John Mandel, vice chairman
Monday, July 24
Statistics in Science
George E. P. Box, University of Wisconsin
Moderator: Otto Dykstra, Burroughs Wellcome Company
Detecting Trends in Worldwide Stratospheric Ozone Levels
James J. Teide and William J. Hill, Allied Chemical Corporation
Moderator: Peter Bloomfield, Princeton University
Tuesday, July 25
Use of Chemical Engineering Models to Assess the Hazard of Chemicals to Humans and Their Environment
Gary E. Blau, Dow Chemical USA and Park M. Reilly, University of Waterloo
Moderator: David W. Bacon, Queens University
Analysis of Chemical Data in Terms of Similarity and Analogy
Svante Wold, Umea University
Moderator: William H. Lawton, Eastman Kodak Co.
Wednesday, July 26
Epidemiological Studies of the Relationship Between Exposure to Chemicals and Cancer
Gerald R. Chase, Johns-Manville Corp.
William F. Gaffey, SRI International
Moderator: Sidney Pell, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.
Application of Robust/Resistant Regression to Crystal Structure Refinement
Wesley L. Nicholson, Battelle Northwest
Discussant: Albert S. Paulson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Moderator: Mavis B. Carroll, General Foods Corp.
Thursday, July 27
Ridge Regression in Chemical Engineering: Leaving Bayes to the Last Minute
George A. Barnard, University of Waterloo
Moderator: J. Stuart Hunter, Princeton University
Interpretation of Experiments with Large Amounts of Missing Data
F. Michael Speed and Ronald R. Hocking, Mississippi State University
Moderator: Donald W. Behnken, American Cyanamid Co.
Friday, July 28
New Applications of Ranking Methods in Clinical Trials
Jack M. Becktel, Hines Veterans Admin. Hospital
Moderator: Charles W. Dunnett, McMaster University
