S. Lynne Stokes

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Sara Lynne Stokes
NationalityAmerican
Alma materThe University of the South
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsVanderbilt University
University of Texas at Austin faculty
Southern Methodist University

Sara Lynne Stokes is an American statistician at Southern Methodist University where she is a professor and chair of the Department of Statistical Science. Her research interests include the modeling of non-sampling errors, and mark and recapture methods; [1] she is also an expert on opinion polls. [2]

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Early life

Stokes' father was William Glenn Stokes, a mathematician who chaired the mathematics department at Austin Peay State University. [3]

Education

Stokes graduated summa cum laude in mathematics from the Sewanee: The University of the South in 1972, [4] [5] becoming the university's first female mathematics major to go on to a doctorate. [6] She earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 and 1976 respectively. [4] Her dissertation, supervised by Norman Lloyd Johnson, was An Investigation of the Consequences of Ranked Set Sampling. [7]

Career

Stokes became a faculty at Vanderbilt University, but in 1979 began working for the U.S. Government as a statistician, first at the Patuxent Research Refuge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and then at the Census Bureau. She returned to academia in 1984, at the University of Texas at Austin, and moved to Southern Methodist in 2001. [4]

Awards and honors

Stokes is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. [4] At Southern Methodist, she was the Dedman Family Distinguished Professor for 2013. [8]

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References

  1. "S. Lynne Stokes", Faculty Directory, Southern Methodist University Department of Statistical Science, retrieved 2017-10-20
  2. "Lynne Stokes", SMU Faculty Experts, Southern Methodist University, retrieved 2017-10-20
  3. "William Glenn Stokes", Austin American-Statesman, September 19, 2012
  4. 1 2 3 4 Curriculum vitae , retrieved 2017-10-20
  5. "Former Resident Receives Degree", Corsicana Daily Sun, August 1, 1972, Miss Sara Lynn Stokes, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William G. Stokes of Clarksville, Tenn. and granddaughter of Mrs. Glenn Stokes of Corsicana, was graduated summa cum laude from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. with a B.A. degree in mathematics. She was a member of the Order of Gownsmen, Phi Beta Kappa, vice-president of Sigma Pi Sigma and was employed at the Sewanee Youth Center. Miss Stokes was awarded a graduate scholarship to the University of North Carolina.
  6. Priestley, W. M., A brief history of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of the South , retrieved 2017-10-20
  7. Stokes, Sara Lynn (1976), An Investigation of the Consequences of Ranked Set Sampling, North Carolina State University
  8. Awards and Honors, Southern Methodist University, retrieved 2017-10-20