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Education

BS Mathematics - Gonzaga University 1973
MS Statistics - Stanford University 1975
Ph.D. Statistics - Stanford University 1979
MS Computer Science - Villanova Unitersity 2002

Selected Works

Articles

McWilliams, Thomas P. and Hargreaves, Bruce R. . "Polynomial Trendline Function Flaws in Microsoft Excel" COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS . (forthcoming)

Saniga, E , McWilliams, Thomas P., Davis, D and Lucas, J . "Economic Advantages of CUSUM Control Charts for Variables" FRONTIERS IN STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL 8. (Apr 2006):185-198

Saniga, E , McWilliams, Thomas P., Davis, D and Lucas, J . "Economic Control Chart Policies for Monitoring Variables" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT 1.1/2 (Jan 2006):116-138

McWilliams, Thomas P.. "The Design of Truncated Sequential Test Plans Based on Attributes Data" COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS -- SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION 33.3 (Sep 2004):843-859

Davis, D. J., McWilliams, Thomas P. and Saniga, E. M.. "On the Design of Single Sample Acceptance Sampling Plans." ECONOMIC QUALITY CONTROL 16.2 (Sep 2001):193-198

Davis, D. J., McWilliams, Thomas P. and Saniga, E. M.. "Economic, Statistical and Economic-Statistical Design of X and R or X and s Charts." JOURNAL OF QUALITY TECHNOLOGY 33.2 (Sep 2001):234-241

Books

McWilliams, Thomas P.. How To Use Sequential Statistical Methods. Volume 13 of the ASQC Basic References in Quality Control: Statistical Techniques series Milwaukee, WI:ASQC Quality Press, Sep 1988

Chapters

McWilliams, Thomas P.. "Runs Test for Symmetry" Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Update Volume 2 Ed. Samuel Kotz, Campbell B. Read, and David L. Banks. New York, NY:John Wiley & Sons, Sep 1998. :659-660

McWilliams, Thomas P.. "Constrained Optimization Models for Determining Economic Control Chart Parameters" Optimization in Quality Control Ed. K.S. Al-Sultan and M.A. Rahim. Boston:Kluwer Academic Publishers, Sep 1997. :197-211

McWilliams, Thomas P.. "Economic Control Charts: Relating the Model and Finding Optimal Design" Statistical Applications in Process Control Ed. B. Keats and D.C. Montgomery. :Marcel Dekker, Sep 1996. :105-119

Presentations

McWilliams, Thomas P.. A Re-Examination of the Letter K Strikeout Effect in Professional Baseball 2009 Annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference : New Orleans, LA Nov 2009

McWilliams, Thomas P.. The Design of Optimal Truncated SPRTs for a Proportion Decision Sciences Institute National Conference : , Nov 2006

McWilliams, Thomas P.. Performance of Trunicated Tests for a Binomial Paramater Based on Spending Functions Decision Sciences Institute, National Meeting : San Francisco, California Nov 2005

McWilliams, Thomas P.. A Sequential Test for Process Capability ORSA/TIMS : , Sep 1992

Proceedings

Gupta, Shilpa , Montgomery, Douglas and McWilliams, Thomas P.. Change Point Methods for Monitoring Polynomial Profiles 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) Proceedings May 2007 :Aug 2008

McWilliams, Thomas P.. Performance Comparison of Truncated One-Sided Sequential Tests for a Proportion 2007 National Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings Jul 2007 :Nov 2007

McWilliams, Thomas P.. Determination of Optimal Sequential Test Plans National DSI Conference :Sep 2002