Virginia M. Lesser
Professor
Director, Survey Research Center
Department of Statistics
Connect with Virginia
Weniger Hall, Room 259 lesser@science.oregonstate.edu (541) 737-3584Virginia Lesser
Most Recent Publications
Virginia M. Lesser
Professor
Director, Survey Research Center
Department of Statistics
Background
Education
DrPh Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
M.S. Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1987
Research
Research Interests
- Samping Methods
- Survey Methodology
- Environmental Statistics
- Applied Statistics
- Ecological Monitoring
Research Area
Data SciencePublications
- Lesser, V. M., Newton, L. D., Yang, D., and Sifneos, J. (2016), "Mixed-mode surveys compared with single mode surveys: trends in responses and methods to improve completion," Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 31(3):7-34.
- Harding, A. K., Stone, D., Cardenas, A., and Lesser, V. M. (2014), "Risk behaviors and self-reported illnesses among Pacific Northwest surfers," Journal of Water and Health, 13(1): 230-242.
- McCormick, M., Baker, D., Biemer, P., Carlson, B., DiezRoux, A., Lesser, V. M., McLanahan, S., Saada, G., Stokes, S. L., Trasande, L., and Duncan, G. (2014), "The National Children's Study 2014: Commentary on a Recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report," Academic Pediatrics, 14.6: 545-546.
- Hildreth, L. A., Genschel, U., Lorenz, F. O., and Lesser, V. M. (2013), "A permutation test for correlated errors in adjacent questionnaire items," Structural Equation Modeling, 20:226-240.
- Lin, H. M., Kim, H. Y., Williamson, J. M., and Lesser, V.M. (2012), "Estimating Agreement Coefficients from Sample Survey Data," Survey Methodology, 38(1): 63-72.
