Anthony R. Olsen

Environmental Statistician

Voice: 541-754-4790
Email: olsen.tony@epa.gov

Education:

B.S., University of Wyoming, Laramie; Statistics, 1966
M.S., University of Wyoming, Laramie; Statistics, 1969
Ph.D., Oregon State University, Corvallis; Statistics, 1973

Previous Positions:

1984-1990: Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics, Washington State University, Pullman
1979-1985: Mathematics & Statistics Chair, Joint Center for Graduate Study, Washington State Univ., Richland
1974-1990: Research Statistician, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA
1972-1974: Mathematical Statistician, Experimental Meteorology Laboratory, NOAA, Coral Gables, FL

Keywords:

Discipline: Statistics, Environmental; Statistics, Ecological; Monitoring and Assessment, Monitoring Design
Methods and Techniques: Monitoring and Assessment, Monitoring Design; Statistics, Survey Sampling; Statistics, Exploratory Analysis; Statistics, Graphical Data Analysis

Professional Societies:

The International Biometric Society, Western North American Region
American Statistical Association
The International Environmetrics Society
International Statistics Institute (elected member)

Appointments / Honors:

2000 Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1998 Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, International Association for Ecology
1994 Distinguished Achievement Medal, Section on Statistics and the Environment, American Statistical Association

Selected Publications:

Handcock, M.S., J. Sedransk, and A.R.Olsen. (In press). Statistical methods for ecological assessment of riverine systems by combining information from multiple sources. In Proceedings Section on Statistics and the Environment. American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA.
Hall, R.K., A.R. Olsen, D. Stevens, B. Rosenbaum, P. Husby, et al. 2000. EMAP Design and River Reach File 3 (RF3) as an EMAP sample frame in the Central Valley, California. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 64:69-80.
Pitchford, A.M., J.M. Denver, A.R. Olsen, S.W. Ator, S. Cormier, et al. 2000. Testing landscape indicators for stream condition related to pesticides and nutrients: Landscape indicators for pesticides study for Mid-Atlantic coastal streams (LIPS-MACS). Rep. EPA/600/R-00/087, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.
Stevens, D.L., Jr. and A.R. Olsen, 2000. Spatially-restricted random sampling designs for design-based and model-based estimation. Pages 609-16 in G.B.M. Heuvelink and M.J.P.M. Lemmens editors. Accuracy 2000: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Amsterdam, July 2000. Delft University Press, Delft, The Netherlands.
Carr, D.B., A.R. Olsen, S.M. Pierson, and J-Y.P. Coubois. 2000. Using linked micromap plots to characterize Omernik ecoregions. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 4:43:67.
Stevens, D.L., Jr. and A.R. Olsen. 1999. Spatially restricted surveys over time for aquatic resources. J. Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 4(4):415-428.
Olsen, A.R., and E.P. Smith. 1999. Introduction to special issue on surveys over time. J. Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 4(4):328-330.
Olsen, A.R., J. Sedransk, D. Edwards, C.A. Gotway, W. Liggett, S.L. Rathbun, K.H. Reckhow, and L.J. Young. 1999. Statistical issues for monitoring ecological and natural resources in the United States. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 54(1):1-45.
Mulder, B.S., B.R. Noon, T.A. Spies, M.G. Raphael, C.J. Palmer, A.R. Olsen, et al. 1999. The strategy and design of the Effectiveness Monitoring Program for the Northwest Forest Plan. Rep. PNW-GTR-437, USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
Olsen, A.R. 1999. Going against the current: Expanding the inland aquatic monitoring culture of Federal and State agencies. Presented at 1999 Proceeding of the Biometrics Section, Washington,D.C.
Olsen, A.R., D.L. Stevens, Jr., and D. White. 1998. Application of global grids in environmental sampling. Computing Science and Statistics 30:279-284.
House, C., J. Goebel, H. Schreuder, P. Geissler, B. Williams, and A.R. Olsen. 1998. Prototyping a vision for inter-agency terrestrial inventory and monitoring: a statistical perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51:451-463.
Carr, D.B., A.R. Olsen, J.-Y.P. Courbois, S.M. Pierson, and D.A. Carr. 1998. Linked micromap plots: Named and described. Statistical Computing & Graphics Newsletter 9:24-32.
Dixon, P.M., A.R. Olsen, and B. Kahn. 1998. Invited Feature: Measuring trends in ecological resources. Ecological Applications. 8:225-7.
Goebel, J. H. Schreuder, C. House, T. Olsen, and B. Williams. 1998. Integrating surveys of terrestrial natural resources: The Oregon Demonstration Study. Rep. Inventory and Monitoring Report No. 2, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.
Hoeting, J.A., and A.R. Olsen. 1998. Are the fish safe to eat? Assessing mercury levels in fish in Maine lakes. Chapter 1, pages 1-6 in R. Peck, L.D. Haugh and A. Goodman editors. Statistical Case Studies: A Collaboration Between Academe and Industry. SIAM, Philadelphia.
Olsen, A.R., and H.T. Schreuder. 1997. Perspectives on large-scale resource surveys when cause-effect is a potential issue. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 4(2):167-180.
Sisterson, D.L., V.C. Bowersox, and A.R. Olsen. 1994. A Review of Spatial and Temporal Trends of Precipitation Composition for North America for the Period 1979-1987. Pages 157-201 in J. Rose, editor. Acid Rain. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Carr, D.B., A.R. Olsen, and D. White. 1992. Hexagon mosaic maps for display of univariate and bivariate geographical data. Cartography & Geographic Information Systems 19:228-236,271.
Davis, W.E., A.R. Olsen, and B.T. Didier. 1989. MLAM Assessment of radionuclide air concentration and deposition for the Chernobyl reactor accident. Pages 123-136 in H. Van Dop, editor. Air Pollution Modelling and Its Applications VII. Plenum Publishing Company.
Tolley, H.D., and A.R. Olsen. 1985. A note on homogeneity tests when combining 2 x 2 tables. Communication in Statistics: Theory & Methods. 14:2857-2871.
Onishi, Y., A.R. Olsen, M.A. Parkhurst, and G. Whelan. 1985. Computer-based environmental exposure and risk assessment methodology for hazardous materials. Journal of Hazardous Materials 10:389-417.
Marini, M.M., A.R. Olsen, and D.B. Rubin. 1979. Maximum likelihood estimation in panel studies with missing data. Pages 313-355 in Karl F. Schuessler, editor. Sociological Methodology 1980. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.
Olsen, A.R., J. Seely, and D. Birkes. 1976. Invariant quadratic unbiased estimation for two variance components. The Annals of Statistics 4(5):878-890.
Olsen, A.R., J. Simpson, and J.C. Eden. 1975. A Bayesian analysis of a multiplicative treatment effect in weather modification. Technometrics 17:161-166.

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