Philippe Gwet

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Study Design	Education:	Ph.D. Statistics
Statistical Sampling		Carleton University School of Mathematics and Statistics (1992-1997)
Statistical Data Analysis		My doctorate dissertation: Robust Statistical Inference in Survey Sampling.
Inter-Rater Reliability		My thesis advisor: J.N.K. Rao, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor
Design of Experiments
Data Management		MSc. Statistics
My Links		Laval University, department of mathematics & statistics (1987-1989)
Contact		My Masters dissertation: Robustness if Finite Population Mean Estimation: A Generalization of the Ratio Estimator
My clients
Teaching Experience		My MSc thesis advisor: Pr. L.P. Rivest
	Training:	Oracle 8 Developer Certification Program
		Db-Training, Fairfax, Virginia (January-April 1999)
		Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems SQL's Data Definition Language and Data Manipulation Language for creation and modification of database objects PL/SQL business logic programming, with flow control statements, loops and cursors Form development with Developer Forms 5.0. Triggers generation at form, block and item levels. Procedure and function writing within triggers





	Work History:	University of Phoenix, Northern Virginia Campus: Adjunct Professor STATAXIS Consulting, Gaithersburg, MD: Sr. Statistical Consultant (June 2003 - Present).


		National Committee For Quality Assurance, Washington, D.C.
		Senior Health Care Statistician /SAS programmer (May 2002 – June 2004)
		Provided general statistical consulting services on several NCQA’s analytical projects. Developed regression (linear, loglinear, logistic) models to support health research projects. Conducted multivariate analyzes on health care quality improvement and utilization data. Developed several SAS programs for the production of health statistics and for the analysis of clinical data.




		Booz Allen & Hamilton
		Independent Statistical Consultant (January 2002 – February 2003)
		Provided statistical consulting services on the design and analysis of the Booz Allen & Hamilton Human Dynamics of IT Teams Study. This research study aimed at investigating the personality dynamics of information technology (IT) professionals and teams. Personality data collected with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior (FIRO-B) and the Work Environment Scales (WES) instruments.






		(see this published article for a more detailed description of the study)

		Westat, Rockville, Maryland
		Senior Sampling Statistician (September 1997 - May 2002)
		Designed many complex statistical samples for social and business surveys sponsored by the federal government. Produced estimates and related precision measures from complex sample data using either the SUDAAN or WesVar software. Performed nonresponse adjustment, imputation of missing values (hotdeck, regression, multiple). Developed SAS programs to implement special estimation techniques. Used S-Plus 6.0 for graphics.





		Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
		Survey Statistician (September 1990 - August 1997)
		Developed and analyzed social and business surveys. Played an active role in the redesign of the Labor Force Survey conducted monthly to track the movements that occurred in the labor market. Developed several SAS programs to produce variance estimates by Jackknife and Taylor linearization methods. Developed Oracle PL/SQL code to extract a list of hotels, motels, and restaurants from the Statistics Canada business register. Performed a lot of data weighting and outlier treatment






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