Fellow

Applications of statistics

Phone: 6125 4741

Email: jeff.wood@anu.edu.au

Jeff Wood is an accredited statistician and has an M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University, an MSc in Statistics from the University of Wales and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Birmingham, U.K. He has over 40 years experience of statistical consulting, including 28 years with CSIRO in Canberra. He joined the ANU in 2001 in the Statistical Consulting Unit, and since May 2006 he has been part of the Fenner School.

Professional Activities

Jeff Wood has extensive practical experience of applying statistics in many disciplines including ecology, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, soil science and road safety research.

His contributions to projects have ranged from relatively limited involvement to major contributions leading to co-authorship of papers with his collaborators. His collaborators have included Honours and PhD students at several universities, early career researchers at Charles Sturt University, senior and junior staff of CSIRO, as well as clients from a variety of other private and public sector organizations. He has served the Statistical Society of Australia and the International Biometric Society in various roles, and is currently Applications Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics.

Selected Publications

Wood, J.T. (2005), Selected topics in biometry, in Biometrics, edited by Susan R. Wilson and Conrad Burden, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK,   [http://www.eolss.net]

Wood,J.T. Williams,E.R. and Speed,T.P. (1988) Non-orthogonal block structure in two-phase designs. Australian Journal of Statistics 30A, 225-237.

Silverman,B.W. and Wood,J.T. (1987) The nonparametric estimation of branching curves. Journal of the American Statistical Association 82, 551-558.

Wood,J.T. Carpenter,S.M. and Poole,W.E. (1981) Confidence intervals for ages of marsupials determined from body measurements. Australian Wildlife Research 8, 269-274

Wood,J.T. (1976) The use of environmental variables in the interpretation of genotype-environment interaction. Heredity 37, 1-7.