Jeffrey (Jeff) Witmer

  • Professor Emeritus of Data Science

Areas of Study

Education

  • PhD, University of Minnesota, 1983
  • BS, University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, 1979

Biography

Professor Witmer taught courses in statistics at Oberlin for 40 years before retiring in 2026. In his retirement he continues to be connected to the larger statistics education community, writing the occasional paper, and he engages in statistical consulting.

  • Fellow, American Statistical Assocation
  • Founders Award, American Statistical Association
  • Chauvenet Prize, Mathematical Assocation of American

  • Stat2: Modeling with Regression and ANOVA
  • Statistics for the Life Sciences

Notes

Jeff Witmer Interviewed for Separate Publications

Professor of Statistics Jeff Witmer was interviewed by the American Statistical Association (Amstat News, October 2025) and by the editor of Significance magazine (November 2025).

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