Wayne State University DigitalCommons@WayneState Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations Education Faculty Publications 11-1-2004 A Conversation With R. Clifford Blair On The Occasion Of His Retirement Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Wayne State University,
[email protected] Recommended Citation Sawilowsky, S. S. (2004). A conversation with R. Clifford Blair on the occasion of his retirement. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 3(2), 518-566. Available at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/coe_tbf/14 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations at DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods Copyright © 2004 JMASM, Inc. November, 2004, Vol. 3, No 2, 518-566 1538 – 9472/04/$95.00 A Conversation With R. Clifford Blair On The Occasion Of His Retirement Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Evaluation and Research Wayne State University _____________________________________________________________________________________ An interview was conducted on 23 November 2003 with R. Clifford Blair on the occasion on his retirement from the University of South Florida. This article is based on that interview. Biographical sketches and images of members of his academic genealogy are provided. Keywords: R. Clifford Blair, nonparametric, Wilcoxon rank sum, rank transform, multivariate permutation tests, step-down multiple comparison test, comparative statistical power _____________________________________________________________________________________ “In the last 30 years there have been The people who lived in our area were important changes in the canons of good farmers who came from southern Georgia. When statistical practice or data analysis.