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Author:

Zhao, Yu

Title:

The performance of model fit measures by robust weighted least squares estimators in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

model fit
fit indices
model misspecification
model size
CFA
cut-off
small sample
WLSMV
DWLS
ordinal variables

File:

Download Dissertation-Yu_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui Wa Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Yuan

Title:

Projection Test for High-dimensional Mean Vectors with Optimal Direction

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

High-dimensional data
Hotelling's T2 test
Projection test
One-sample problem
Two-sample problem

File:

Download YuanHuang_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Christou, Eliana

Title:

A Non-iterative Method for Fitting the Single Index Quantile Regression Model with Uncensored and Censored Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Censored Data
Dimension reduction
Index model
Nadaraya-Watson estimator
Quantile regression.

File:

Download Christou_Eliana_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael G Akritas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Special Member

Author:

Samizo, Yuji

Title:

Secure Statistical Analysis on Vertically Distributed Databases

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical disclosure limitaion
distributed databases
Secure multiparty computation
Lasso regression
LARS algorithm

File:

Download YujiSamizo-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
TBA1, Committee Member
TBA3, Committee Member

Author:

Snoke, Joshua Valor

Title:

STATISTICAL DATA PRIVACY METHODS FOR INCREASING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical Data Privacy
Disclosure Control
Multiparty Computation
Differential Privacy
Partitioned Data
Synthetic Data

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Naomi S Altman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Outside Member

Author:

Umbricht, Mark Richard

Title:

Identifying Gaps in the First-Generation Pipeline: A Study of Gaps in College Expectations, Access and Completion by First-Generation Status

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

First-generation
Higher Education
Access
Completion

File:

Download Identifying_Gaps_in_the_First-Generation_Pipline__Umbricht_-_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yue

Title:

ON IMPROVING THE UTILITY FOR DATA ANALYSES UNDER DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Differential privacy
statistical data analyses

File:

Download YueWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Kifer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Kifer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Zechmann, Edward Louis

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF NOISE WITH FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND FILTERS AND THE VARIANCE AND KURTOSIS OF THE SOUND PRESSURE

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence
kurtosis
kurtosis
highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence

File:

Download Zechmann-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Allen Russell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member
William Murphy, Special Member
Ingrid Blood, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Haining

Title:

DESIGNING SELF-CARE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PATIENTS’ PREHABILITATION ENGAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Healthcare
Prehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Social Support
HCI
Collaboration
Workflow
Facial Paralysis
Surgical Care
User-centered Design
Chronic Condition

File:

Download Zhu_19_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John M Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Wright, William C

Title:

An Algebraic Perspective on Computing with Data

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Mathematics
Statistics
Sheaf Theory
Category Theory
Giry Monad
Algebraic Statistics
Topos Theory

File:

Download Wright-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Ryder Morton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir Itskov, Committee Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member