David Patterson - Math, U. of Montana

David Patterson
Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

Office: Math 208
Phone: 406-243-6748
Email: david.patterson@umontana.edu

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Iowa , 1984.

Teaching

Most course resources are now on Moodle at UM Online.

Spring 2013
- STAT 216: Statistics Syllabus
- M 105: Contemporary Mathematics Syllabus
Fall 2012
- STAT 216: Statistics Syllabus
- M 291: Coaching MATHCOUNTS® Syllabus
Summer 2012
- STAT 216: Statistics Syllabus
Spring 2012
- STAT 216: Statistics
- M 104: Numbers as News Syllabus
Fall 2011
- STAT 216: Statistics
Spring 2011
- M 104: Numbers as News
- STAT 422: Mathematical Statistics Syllabus
  - Homeworks: HW1 HW2 HW3 HW4 HW5 HW6 HW7 HW8 HW9
  - Probability Distributions
  - Distribution Properties
  - Confidence Intervals
  - Delta Method
  - Efficiency
  - Bootstrapping
Fall 2010
- STAT 421: Probability Syllabus
  - Homeworks: HW1 HW2 HW3 HW4 HW5 HW6 HW7 HW8 HW9 HW10 HW11
- STAT 549: Applied Sampling Syllabus Course Notes
Miscellaneous handouts
- Information
- Profile Likelihood Confidence Intervals for GLM's

Research

I work with John Duffield, a natural resource economist, on non-market valuation studies and the associated statistical problems: design and analysis of contingent valuation studies, benefit transfer, discrete choice. I also have an interest in classification problems.
Publications and reports

Other

I'm very involved on the local level with MATHCOUNTS. Please contact me if you're a local area middle school teacher or parent who's interested in this great program.
Middle school students: check out GrizMath for Fall 2012.

Last updated: 12 March 2013