David Annis, Ph.D.
7155 Fairhill Place
Charlotte, NC 28270
phone: (704) 499-4570
e-mail: Dave@SportsQuant.com
Professional Experience
| 01/2004 - present | Principal SportsQuant |
| 06/2006 - present | Vice President · Director, Quantitative Analysis, Internal Audit 05/2007 – · Forecasting Senior Analyst 06/2006 – 05/2007 Wachovia Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 07/2004 - 06/2006 | Assistant Professor,
Operations
Research Department Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California |
| 01/2004 - 05/2004 | Visiting Assistant Professor,
Department of Statistics Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 08/2002 - 05/2003 | Graduate Instructor, Department of
Statistics Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 05/2001 - 08/2001 | Summer Intern,
Los Alamos National Laboratory Statistical Sciences (D-1), Los Alamos, NewMexico |
| 05/1998 - 07/2000 | Design Engineer,
Pratt &
Whitney United Technologies Corp., West Palm Beach, Florida and North Berwick, Maine |
- Ph.D. - Purdue University, Mathematical Statistics, 12/2003
- M.S. - Purdue University, Mathematical Statistics, 12/2001
- M.S. - Purdue University, Industrial Engineering, 05/2000
- B.S. - University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering (with Honors), 05/1998
Service
- Associate Editor, Reviews, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2005-2010)
- Associate Editor, Reviews, The American Statistician (2005-2010)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2005- )
Refereed Publications
| 12 | Annis, D. H. and Davis, J. W. (2009) Linear Inference for Paired Comparisons. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (to appear). | |
| 11 | Wu, S. S., Wang, W. and Annis,
D. H. (2008) On Identification of the Number of Best
Treatments Using the Newman-Keuls Test. Biometrical Journal (to appear). |
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| 10 | Annis, D. H. (2007) A Note on Quasi-likelihood for Exponential Families. Statistics and Probability Letters, 77 (4), 431-437. | |
| 9 | Wu, S. S. and Annis, D. H. (2007) Asymptotic Efficiency of the Majority Rule Relative to Rank-Sum Method for Selecting the Best Population. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 137 (6), 1838-1850. | |
| 8 | Annis, D. H. (2007) Dimension Reduction for Hybrid Paired Comparison Models. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. 3 (2), http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol3/iss2/2. | |
| 7 | Annis, D. H. and Wu, S. S. (2007) Improved College Football Scheduling Using a Modified Swiss System. Chance, 20 (1), 6-10. | |
| 6 | Annis, D. H. and Wu, S. S. (2006) A Comparison of Potential Playoff Systems for NCAA I-A Football. The American Statistician, 60 (2), 151-157. | |
| 5 | Annis, D. H. (2006) Optimal End-Game Strategy in Basketball. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2 (2), http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol2/iss2/1. | |
| 4 | Annis, D. H. (2005) Rethinking the Paper Helicopter: Combining Statistical and Engineering Knowledge. The American Statistician, 59 (4), 320-326. [Addendum in The American Statistician, 60 (2), 212.] | |
| 3 | Annis,D. H. and Craig, B. A. (2005) Statistical Properties and Inference of the Antimicrobial MIC Test. Statistics in Medicine, 24 (23), 3631-3644. | |
| 2 | Annis, D. H. and Craig, B. A. (2005) The Effect of Inter-Laboratory Variability on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, 53 (1), 61-64. | |
| 1 | Annis, D. H. and Craig, B.
A. (2005) Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis, with Applications
to the Ranking of College Football Teams. Journal of
Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 1 (1), http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol1/iss1/3. |
Other Publications
| 14 | Annis,D. H. (2008) Review of Modern Applied U-Statistics, Jeanne Kowalski and Xin M. Tu. Journal of the American Statistical Association (to appear). | |
| 13 | Annis,D. H. (2008) Review of Bayes Linear Statistics, Theory &Methods,MichaelGoldstein and DavidWooff. Journal of the American Statistical Association (to appear). | |
| 12 | Annis, D. H. (2007) Review of Econometric Theory and Practice, Dean Corbae, Steven N. Durlauf and Bruce E. Hanson (eds). Journal of the American Statistical Association, 102 (478), 769. | |
| 11 | Annis, D. H. (2007) Review of Dyadic Data Analysis, David A. Kenny, Deborah A. Kashy and William L. Cook. The American Statistician. (to appear) | |
| 10 | Annis, D. H. (2006) Review of Kendall’s Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vol. 1: Distribution Theory (6th ed.), Alan Stuart and J. Keith Ord. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101 (476), 1721. | |
| 9 | Annis, D. H. (2006) Review of Bayesian Statistics and Marketing, Peter Rossi, Greg Allenby and Rob McCulloch. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101 (476), 1732-1733. | |
| 8 | Annis, D. H. (2006) Review of Bayesian Models for Categorical Data, Peter Congdon. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101 (474), 1457-1458. | |
| 7 | Annis, D. H. (2006) Review of Baseball’s All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field and Baseball’s All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs, Michael J. Schell. The American Statistician, 60 (1), 97. | |
| 6 | Annis, D. H. and Wu, S. S. (2005) Some Properties of Playoff Systems for NCAA I-A Football. Proceedings of the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistics in Sports. | |
| 5 | Annis, D. H. (2005) Review of Permutation, Parametric, and Bootstrap Tests of Hypotheses (3rd ed.), Phillip Good. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100 (472), 1457-1458. | |
| 4 | Annis, D. H. (2005) Review of Stereology for Statisticians, Adrian Baddeley and Eva B. Vedel Jensen. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100 (472), 1462. | |
| 3 | Annis, D. H. (2005) Review of Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty, Michael J. Evans and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. The American Statistician, 59 (3), 276. | |
| 2 | Annis, C. G. Jr. and Annis, D. H. (2004) Alternative to Single-Pixel C-Scan Analysis for Measuring POD. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 24 (B), 1933-1938. | |
| 1 | Annis, C. G. Jr.; Larsen, J. M.; Rosenberger, A. H.; Jha, S. K. and Annis, D. H. (2004) RFTh, a Random Fatigue Threshold Probability Density for Ti6246. Proceedings of the MS&T ’04: Materials Science & Technology, Materials Damage Prognosis Symposia Edited by TMS (The Minerals, Metals &Materials Society). |
Conference Presentations
| 11 | Annis, D. H. (2007). Statistical Consulting in Games and Sports. Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. | |
| 10 | Annis, D. H. and Wu, S. S. (2006). Improved College Football Scheduling using a Pseudo-Swiss System. Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, Washington. | |
| 9 | Wu, S. S. and Annis, D. H. (2006). Asymptotic Efficiency of the Majority Rule Relative to Rank-Sum Method for Selecting Best Population. Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, Washington. | |
| 8 | Davis, J. W. and Annis, D. H. (2006). Evaluation and Analysis of the Impact of Recruiting on College Football . Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, Washington. | |
| 7 | Wu, S. S. and Annis, D. H. (2006). Improved College Football Scheduling using a Pseudo-Swiss System. International Chinese Statistical Association Applied Statistics Symposium, Storrs, Connecticut. | |
| 6 | Annis, D. H. and Wu, S. S. (2005). Some Properties of Playoff Systems for NCAA I-A Football. Joint Statistical Meetings, Minneapolis, Minnesota. | |
| 5 | Annis, D. H. (2005). Ranking College Football Teams using Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) Summer Research Conference. | |
| 4 | Annis, D. H. and Craig, B. A. (2004). Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). | |
| 3 | Annis, D. H. (2004). Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. Institute of Mathematical Statistics New Researchers Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). | |
| 2 | Annis, C. G., Jr. and Annis, D. H. (2004). Alternative to Single-Pixel C-Scan Analysis for Measuring POD. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. | |
| 1 | Annis, D. H. and Craig, B. A. (2003). We’re Number One! A Comparison of Two Common Ranking Models for the 2002-2003 NCAA Division I Football Season. Joint Statistical Meetings, San Francisco, California. |
Work in Progress
- Semiparametric Estimation of Baseline Hazards for Discrete-Time Survival Data in SAS (with R. E.Wiegand; submitted to Computational Statistics and Data Analysis).
- A Comparison of Four Voting Methods on the Power of Bloc Votes (with S. S. Wu)
- Semiparametric Estimation of Baseline Hazards for Discrete-Time Survival Data in SAS (with R. E. Wiegand; submitted to Journal of Statistical Software)
- Estimation in Reversible Markov Chains (with R. B. Lund).
Media Coverage
- Figuring out The Big Dance. The Daily Journal, Daily Messenger,March 15, 2008.
- A Jayhawks fan’s top 10 ranking. Charlotte Observer, October 17, 2007.
- Football rankings add up to a science. Charlotte Observer, October 18, 2006.
- A scientific approach to a college football playoff. Kansas City Star, November 18, 2005.
Invited Seminars
| 12/03/2007 | University of Georgia, Rating Schemes for Paired Comparison Experiments. |
| 03/15/2007 | Clemson University, Constrained Experimental Design Heuristics for the Sparse Paired Comparison Problem. |
| 09/10/2004 | Clemson University, Leveraging Synergy Across Technology Platforms. |
| 02/19/2004 | Naval Postgraduate School, Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. |
| 02/06/2004 | Auburn University, Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. |
| 01/29/2004 | Purdue University, Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. |
| 01/08/2004 | Sandia National Laboratory, Hybrid Paired Comparison Analysis. |
Teaching
| 2006 | OA 3101 - Probability, Naval Postgraduate School OS 2100 - Probability and Statistics, Naval Postgraduate School OA 3102 - Statistics, Naval Postgraduate School |
| 2005 | OS 3112 - Statistics and Design of Experiments, Naval
Postgraduate School OS 3105 - Statistics for Technical Management, Naval Postgraduate School OA 3101 - Probability, Naval Postgraduate School |
| 2004 | OS 3105 - Statistics for Technical Management, Naval
Postgraduate School STAT 503 - Statistical Methods for Biology, Purdue University |
| 2003 | STAT 301 - Elementary StatisticalMethods, Purdue University |
| 2002 | STAT 301 - Elementary StatisticalMethods, Purdue University |
Theses Advised
| 2006 | C. Ryan Miller, M.S., Naval Postgraduate School. A
statistical analysis of wireless networking; predicting
performance in multiple environments. Cynthia J. Brittingham, M.S., Naval Postgraduate School. (co-advisor) The relationship between command safety climate and aviation safety. |
| 2005 | Derek M. Jennings and Charles A. Larwood III M.S., Naval Postgraduate School. (second reader) A statistical analysis of errors attributed to overhead video scoring of rocket submunition impact points. |
| 2004 | Gonen Ofer,M.S., Naval Postgraduate School. (second reader) Sequential multiple comparison testing for budget-limited applications. |
Honors and Awards
| 2005 | Outstanding Teaching Recognition (OS 3105) |
| 2003 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Vertical Integration of Research and Education (VIGRE) Fellow Statistics and Mathematical Sciences, Purdue University |
| 2000 - 2002 | Andrews Doctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics, Purdue University |
| 1996 | Elected to PTS - Honorary Society of Mechanical Engineers |