Draft:Promod Kumar Chandhok
American survey statistician, mathematical statistician, transportation statistician (born 1952)
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Promod Kumar Chandhok (born 1952) is an independent statistical consultant. He was a Senior Mathematical Statistician with the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) before federal retirement. His areas of research are survey statistics, mathematical statistics, and transportation statistics. He is known for his leadership in getting the statistical community and the transportation research community to work more closely together.[1][2] One of his BTS responsibilities was managing the BTS Grant Program. [3]
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Promod Kumar Chandhok Ph.D. | |
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| Born | 1952 |
| Education | University of Lucknow, BA, MA Iowa State University, MS, Ph.D. |
| Awards | Elected Member International Statistical Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | A study of the effects of measurement error in survey sampling |
| Doctoral advisor | Chien-Pai Han |
Chandhok also served as a Associate Professorial Lecturer and Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems. He taught graduate and undergraduate courses in survey sampling and served on doctoral committees.[4][5][6]
Education
Chandhok did his undergraduate work at the University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. majoring in statistics, mathematics, and economics, and receiving a BA. He did masters-level work at the University of Lucknow, earning a MA with major in mathematical statistics, and also at Iowa State University, earning a MS with major in statistics. He did doctorate-level work at Iowa State University, obtaining a Ph.D. in statistics. His dissertation, supervised by Chien-Pai Han, was A study of the effects of measurement error in survey sampling.[7][8]
Career in Brief
- 2016-present Independent Consultant
- 2000-2016 Mathematical Statistician and Senior Mathematical Statistician. U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- 1982-2000 Independent Contractor, Mathematical Statistician, Statistical Research Division, United States Census Bureau,[9] and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods, Ohio University
- 1990-2016 Associate Professorial Lecturer and Professorial Lecturer, The George Washington University
- 1980-1981 Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
Awards and Honors
Chandhok is an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. [10] Elected Members "...have made significant contributions to the statistical profession....Elected Membership involves an election conducted by the ISI Elections Committee (MEC)." [11] He received the Washington Statistical Society President's Award for "long-term dedicated efforts as head science fair judge" in 2016. [12]
Selected Publications
Book
- Raj, D.; Chandhok, P. (1998). Sample Survey Theory. Narosa Publishing House. (textbook)
Articles
- Vaish, Akhil K.; Chen, Shijie; Sathe, Neeaja S.; Folsom, Ralph E.; Chandhok, Promod; Guo, Kuo (2010). "Small area estimates of daily person-miles of travel: 2001 National Household Transportation Survey". Transportation. 37 (6): 825–848. doi:10.1007/s11116-010-9279-8.
- Chandhok, Promod; Terry, W. Robert (1986). "Modeling currency exchange rate time series". Computers & Industrial Engineering. 11 (1): 136–140. doi:10.1016/0360-8352(86)90065-3.
Editorial Review and Grant Management
Chandhok managed the "Grant Program for Research and Development in the Field of Transportation Statistics" for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, reviewed grants proposals, and led grant review panels. [3][13][14]
Chandhok served as a reviewer for the Journal of Transportation and Statistics.[15]
Professional Activities
Chandhok was Chair of the Washington Statistical Society Social and Demographics Statistics Program 2007-2018 (Joint with J. Druitcour until 2017). [16]
He was Chief Washington Statistical Society Science Fair Judge for Prince George's County. [17]
Chandhok was a member of the Expert Task Group on the Analysis of the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data[18]
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