Stefan Steiner's publications | Statistics and Actuarial Science

Steiner SH, Stevens N, Mackay RJ (2024), “Statistical Process Control Charting: A View of the Fundamental Definitions and Terminology” Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 14, Sven Knoth, editor, to appear.
Ebadi M, Chenouri S, Steiner SH (2024), “Monitoring High-Dimensional Processes with Individual Observations”, to appear in Naval Research Logistics.
Nadi AA, Steiner SH, Stevens NT (2024) “Assessing measurement system agreement in the presence of reproducibility and repeatability” to appear in Technometrics.
Haq A, Woodall WH, Steiner SH (2024), “A Study of Attribute Control Charts for Censored Lifetime Data” to appear in Quality Engineering.
Nadi AA, Steiner SH, Stevens NT (2024), “Assessing measurement system agreement in the presence of reproducibility and repeatability,” to appear in Technometrics, DOI: 10.1080/00401706.2023.2296465
Ebadi M, Chenouri S, Steiner SH (2023), “Phase I analysis of high-dimensional processes in the presence of outliers” Journal of Quality Technology,469-488.
De Mast J, Steiner SH, Nuijten WPM, Kapitan D (2023), “Analytical Problem Solving based on Causal, Correlational and Deductive Models, The American Statistician, 77, 51-61.
Bui T, Steiner SH, Stevens NS (2023), “General Additive Network Effect Models” New England Journal of Data Science, 1(3), 342-360.
Panahi M, Steiner SH, de Mast J (2023) “Verifying a Dominant Cause of Output Variation” Quality Engineering, 36:3 548-559
Chen S, Steiner SH, Mackay RJ, Mulayath Variyath A (2022), “Assessing a Binary Measurement System with an Underlying Measurand using Targeted Verification, Communications in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications to appear
Stevens NT, Sen A, Kiwon F, Morita PP, Steiner SH, Zhang Q (2022), “Estimating the Effects of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions and Population Mobility of Daily COVID-19 Cases: Evidence from Ontario, Canadian Policy Policy, 48, 144-161.
Hamada MS, Casleton EM, Osthus D, Weaver BP, Steiner SH (2022), “Analyzing Count Data with Measurement Error,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, to appear
Steiner SH, Fan K, MacKay RJ (2021), “Assessing a Binary Measurement System with Operator and Random Part Effects,” Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 13, Sven Knoth, Wofgang Schmid, editors, p. 317-337.
Barfoot Cooper PL, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2021), “Estimating and comparing diagnostic laboratory performance with weighted estimating equations,” accepted for publication in Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, April 2021.
Ebadi M, Chenouri S, Lin DKJ, Steiner SH, "Statistical Monitoring of the Covariance Matrix in Multivariate Processes: A Literature Review" Journal of Quality Technology, accepted Nov. 2020, 50 pages. DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2021.1889419
Panahi M, Steiner SH, de Mast J (2021) “Identifying Dominant Causes using Leveraged Study Designs,” Quality Engineering, 33(4), 581-593.
Osthus DA, Weaver BP, Casleton EM, Hamada MS, Steiner SH (2021) “On Gauge R & R Studies for Counts,” Quality Engineering, 33(4), 641-654.
Woodall WH, Rakovich G and Steiner SH (2021) “An overview and critique of the use of cumulative sum (CUSUM) methods with surgical learning curve data,” Statistics in Medicine, 40, 1400–1413.
Motalebi N, Stevens NT and Steiner SH (2021), "Hurdle blockmodels for sparse network modeling", The American Statistician, 75(4), 383-393
Steiner SH, Stevens NT, Jensen WA and MacKay RJ (2019), “Replacing a current measurement system in an inspection scheme: A case study,” Quality Engineering, 31:4, 615-626, DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2019.1565578
de Mast J, Steiner SH, Kuijten R and Elly Funken-Van den Bliek E (2019), “Statistical reasoning in diagnostic problem-solving—The case of flow-rate measurements,” Quality Engineering, 31:3, 484-498, DOI: 10.1080/08982112018.1548022
Gweon H, Schonlau M and Steiner SH (2019), “The k conditional nearest neighbor algorithm for classification and class probability estimation,” PeerJ Computer Science, 5, e194.
Steiner SH and Mackay RJ (2019), “Response to Open Challenges on Correlation of Intermediate and Final Measurements – Solving the Impossible Problem?” Quality Engineering, 31:3 511-515.
Severn DE, Steiner SH and Mackay RJ (2019), “Assessing a Binary Measurement System: A New Plan Using Targeted Verification with Conditional Sampling and Baseline Information,” Measurement, 146, 101-109
Winlaw M, Steiner SH, Mackay RJ and Hilal AR (2019), “Using Telematics Data to Find Risky Driver Behaviour,” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 131, 131-13
Barfoot Cooper PL, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2018), "Comparing and Monitoring Risk-Adjusted Hospital Surgical Performance,” Medical Decision Making: Policy and Practice, published online April 2018.
Stevens NT, SteinerSH, MacKay RJ (2018)“Comparing heteroscedastic measurement systems with the probability of agreement” Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 27(11), 3420-3435.
Barfoot Cooper PL, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ (2017), “Bias/Variance Trade-off in Estimates of a Process Parameter based on Temporal Data (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 49, 301-319.
Gweon H, Schonlau M, Kaczmirek L, Blohm M, Steiner SH (2017) “Improving the Accuracy of Automated Occupation Coding at any Production Rate,” Journal of Official Statistics, 33, 101-122.
Hamada M, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ, Reese S (2017), “Planning and Analyzing Experiments with Models that Distinguish Between Replicates and Repeats (PDF)," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 33, 657-668
Stevens NT, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2017) “Assessing Agreement Between two Measurement Systems: An Alternative to the Limits of Agreement Approach (PDF)," Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 26, 2487-2504.
Steiner SH (2016) Discussion of “Modern measurement, probability, and statistics: Some generalities and multivariate illustrations” by Vardeman SB, Quality Engineering, (special issue devoted to third annual Hunter conference) 28, 17-18.
Steiner SH and Woodall WH (2016). Debate: what is the best method to monitor surgical performance? (PDF) BMC surgery, 16(1), 1.
Hamada M, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ, Reese C (2016), “Planning and Analyzing Experiments with Models that Distinguish Between Replicates and Repeats (PDF)," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, in press
Erdmann TP, Akkerhuis TS, deMast J and Steiner SH (2016) “The Statistical Evaluation of a Binary Test based on Combined Samples (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 48, 54-67.
Steiner SH, Lu Y, MacKay RJ (2016) “Assessing Binary Measurement Systems and Inspection Protocols Utilizing Follow-up Data (PDF),”Quality Engineering, 28, 329-336. (winner of the American Society for Quality’s Brumbaugh Award)
Severn DE, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2016) “Assessing Binary Measurement Systems: A Cost Effective Alternative to Complete Verification (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 48, 128-138.
Steiner SH, Danila O, Cotton CA, Severn DE, MacKay RJ (2016) “Comparing Two Binary Diagnostic Tests with Repeated Measurements (PDF),” JRSS-C Applied Statistics 65, 315-329, DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12122
Stevens N, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2015) “Assessing Agreement Between two Measurement Systems: An Alternative to the Limits of Agreement Approach (PDF)" Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1-22.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2015) "Discussion of Statistics: A Life Cycle View (PDF),” by Kenett RS, Quality Engineering, (special issue devoted to second annual Hunter conference) 27, 126-127.
Cotton CA, Danila O, Steiner SH, Severn DE, MacKay RJ (2015) “Using Available Information in the Assessment of Diagnostic Protocols (PDF),” Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, 6, 1-8.
Woodall WH, Fogel SL and Steiner SH (2015), “The Monitoring and Improvement of Surgical Outcome Quality (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 47, 383-399.
Gombay E, Hussein AA and Steiner SH (2015), “Flexible Risk-adjusted Surveillance Procedures for Autocorrelated Binary Series (PDF),” Canadian Journal of Statistics, 43, 403-419.
Stevens NT, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ (2015), “,” Quality Progress, 32-37.
Danila O, MacKay RJ and Steiner SH (2014), “Discussion of the Statistical Evaluation of Categorical Measurements: Simple Scales, but Treacherous Complexity Underneath (PDF),” by de Mast J, Akkerhuis T and Erdmann T, Quality Engineering, (special issue devoted to first annual Hunter conference) 26, 33-39.
Jones-Farmer A, Woodall W, Steiner SH and Champ CW (2014), “An Overview of Phase I Analysis for Process Improvement and Monitoring (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 46, 265-280.
Viveros-Aguilera R, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2014) “Monitoring Product Size and Edging from Bivariate Profile Data (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 46, 199-215.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2014), “Monitoring Risk-adjusted Medical Outcomes Allowing for Changes Over Time (PDF),” Biostatistics, 16, 665-676.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2014), “Statistical Engineering in Variation Reduction (PDF),” Quality Engineering, (special issue devoted to first annual Hunter conference) 26, 44-60.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2014), “Rejoinder (PDF)”, Quality Engineering, (special issue devoted to first annual Hunter conference) 26, 70-71.
Stevens NT, Steiner SH, Browne R, MacKay RJ (2013), “," IIE Transactions, 45, 1166-1175.
Danila O, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2013), “Assessing a Binary Measurement System with Varying Misclassification Rates when a Gold Standard is Available (PDF),” Technometrics, 55, 335-345.
Jones M and Steiner SH, (2012) “Assessing the Effect of Estimation Error on Risk Adjusted CUSUM Chart Performance (PDF),” International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 24 (2): 176-181.
MacKay RJ and Steiner SH (2012), panel discussants on Anderson-Cook C and Lu L. (editors) “Statistical Engineering – Forming the Foundations (PDF)”, Quality Engineering, 24, 110-132.
MacKay RJ and Steiner SH (2012), panel discussants on Anderson-Cook C and Lu L. (editors) “Statistical Engineering – Roles for Statisticians and the Path Forward (PDF)”, Quality Engineering, 24, 133-152.
Danila O, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2012), “Assessing a Binary Measurement System with Varying Misclassification Rates Using a Latent Class Random Effects Model (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 44, 179-191.
Hussein AA, Steiner SH and Gombay E (2011), “Monitoring Binary Outcomes Using Risk-adjusted Charts: A Comparative Study (PDF),” Statistics in Medicine, 30, 2815-2826.
Steiner SH, Stevens NT, Browne R and MacKay RJ (2011), “Planning and Analysis of Measurement Reliability Studies (PDF),” Canadian Journal of Statistics, 39, 344-355.
Stevens NT, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ and Smith IR (2011) “Monitoring Radiation in Cardiology Imaging Equipment (PDF),” Medical Physics, 38, 317-326.
Morton A, Mengersen K, Waterhouse M, Steiner SH, Looke D (2010) "The Sequential Analysis of Uncommon Adverse Outcomes (PDF),” Journal of Hospital Infection, 76, 114-118.
Morton A, Mengersen K, Waterhouse M, Steiner SH (2010) “The Analysis of Aggregated Hospital Infection Data for Accountability (PDF)," Journal of Hospital Infection, 76, 287-291.
Stevens N, Browne R, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2010) “Augmented Measurement System Assessment (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 42, 388-399.
Browne R, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ (2010) “,” Technometrics, 52, 294-302 (winner of the American Statistical Association’s W.J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing).
Danila O, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2010), “Assessment of a Binary Measurement System in Current Use (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 42, 152-164.
Browne R, Steiner SH, MacKay RJ (2010) “Optimal Two-Stage Reliability Studies (PDF),” Statistics in Medicine, 29, 229-235.
Steiner SH, Grant K, Coory M, Kelly HA (2010) “Detecting the Start of an Influenza Outbreak using Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Charts (PDF),” BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10:37.
Asilahijani H, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2010) “Reducing Variation in an Existing Process With Robust Parameter Design (PDF)” Quality Engineering, 22, 30-45.
Chipman HA, MacKay RJ and Steiner SH (2010), Discussion of “Nonparametric Profile Monitoring by Mixed Effects Modeling” (PDF) by Qiu P, Zou C and Wang Z, Technometrics, 52, 280-283.
Steiner SH and Jones M (2009) “Risk Adjusted Survival Time Monitoring with an Updating Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) Control Chart (PDF)” Statistics in Medicine, 29, 444-454.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2009) “Teaching Process Improvement Using a Virtual Manufacturing Environment (PDF),” American Statistician, 63, 4: 361-365.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2009) “Designed Experiments with Fixed and Varying Inputs – A Cautionary Tale (PDF),” Quality Engineering, 21, 384-391.
Browne R. MacKay RJ Steiner SH. (2009) “Improved Measurement System Assessment for Processes with 100% Inspection (PDF)”, Journal of Quality Technology 41, 376-388.
Browne R. MacKay RJ Steiner SH. (2009) “Two Stage Leveraged Measurement System Assessment (PDF),” Technometrics, 51, 239–249.
Chenouri S Variyath AM and Steiner SH. (2009) “A Multivariate Robust Control Chart for Individual Observations (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 41, 259-271.
Liu X, MacKay RJ, Steiner SH (2008) “Monitoring Multiple Stream Processes (PDF),” Quality Engineering, 20, 296-308.
Danila O, Steiner SH and MacKay RJ. (2008) “Assessing a Binary Measurement System (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 40, 3, 312-320.
Steiner SH, MacKay RJ and Ramberg JS (2008). “An Overview of the Shainin SystemTM for Quality Improvement (PDF),” with discussion Quality Engineering, 20:1, 6–19.
Steiner SH, MacKay RJ and Ramberg JS (2008). Rejoinder to discussion of “An Overview of the Shainin SystemTM for Quality Improvement,” (PDF) Quality Engineering, 20:1, 42–45.
Steiner SH, Hamada M, Giddings White BJ, Kutsyy V, Mosesova S and Salloum G. (2007) “Using Projects in an Advanced Design of Experiments Class: A Bubble Mixture Experiment Example (PDF),” Journal of Statistics Education, March (online journal).
Steiner SH (2006), Discussion of William H. Woodall’s “The Use of Control Charts in Health-Care and Public-Health Surveillance (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 111-112, 38.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2006), “Statistical Engineering: A Case Study (PDF),” Quality Progress, June, 33-39.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2006), “An Algorithm to Reduce Process Variation (PDF),” European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) Magazine insert in Scientific Computing World, April-May, 36-37.
Novick RJ, Fox SA, Stitt LW, Forbes TL Steiner SH. (2006),“Direct Comparison of Risk-adjusted CUSUM and Non-risk Adjusted Analyses of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Outcomes (PDF),” Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 132, 2, 386-391.
Steiner SH (2006), Discussion of William H. Woodall’s “The Use of Control Charts in Health-Care and Public-Health Surveillance (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 111-112, 38.
Hamada M, Martz H and Steiner SH (2005) “Accounting for Mixing Errors in Analyzing Mixture Experiments (PDF)," Journal of Quality Technology 37, 139-148.
Forbes TL, Steiner SH, Lawlor DK, DeRose G, Harris KA (2005) “Risk Adjusted Analysis of Outcomes Following Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (PDF),” Annals of Vascular Surgery, 19(2), 142-148.
Harris JR, Forbes TL, Steiner SH, Lawlor DK, DeRose G, Harris KA (2005) “Risk-adjusted analysis of early mortality after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (PDF)” Journal of Vascular Surgery, 42, 3, 387-39.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2004) “Scale Counting (PDF)”, Technometrics, 46, 348-354. Winner of the American Society for Quality’s Wilcoxon Prize for the best practical applications paper 2004.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2004) “Effective Monitoring of Processes with Parts Per Million Defective: A Hard Problem (PDF)” Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 7, H.J. Lenz and P.T. Wilrich editors, Physica-Verlag, 140-149.
Steiner SH, Cook R and Farewell V (2003) “Risk-adjusted Monitoring of Binary Surgical Outcomes,” IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) Yearbook of Medical Informatics. Quality of Health Care: The Role of Informatics, Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart Germany, 570-578.
Cook DA, Steiner SH, Cook R and Farewell V (2003) “Monitoring the Evolutionary Process of Quality: Tracking Outcomes in Intensive Care with the Risk Adjusted CUSUM (PDF),” Critical Care Medicine, 6, 1676-1682.
Drezner Z, Steiner SH and Wesolowsky GO (2002) “On the Circle Closest to a Set of Points (PDF),” Computers and Operations Research, 29, 637-650.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2001), “Detecting Changes in the Mean from Censored Lifetime Data (PDF),” Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 6, H.J. Lenz and P.T. Wilrich editors, Physica-Verlag, 275-289.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2001), “Monitoring Processes with Data Censored Owing to Competing Risks by Using Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts (PDF),” Applied Statistics, 50, 293-302.
Steiner SH, Cook R and Farewell V (2001), “Risk Adjusted Monitoring of Surgical Outcomes (PDF),” Medical Decision Making, 21, 163-169.
Steiner SH, Cook R, Farewell V and Treasure T (2000), “Monitoring Surgical Performance Using Risk Adjusted Cumulative Sum Charts (PDF),” Biostatistics, 1, 441-452.
Steiner SH (2000), “Statistical Process Control Using Two Measurement Systems(PDF),” Technometrics, 42, 178-187.
Steiner SH (2000), Discussion of “Controversies and Contradictions in Statistical Process Control (PDF),” by Woodall WH, Journal of Quality Technology, 32, 370-372.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2000), Discussion of W.H. Woodall’s article “Controversies and Contradictions in Statistical Process Control (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 32, 370-372.
Steiner SH and MacKay RJ (2000), “Monitoring Processes with Highly Censored Data (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 32, 199-208.
Steiner SH (1999), “EWMA Control Charts with Time-Varying Control Limits and Fast Initial Response (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 31, 75-86.
Steiner SH, Cook R and Farewell V (1999) “Monitoring Paired Binary Surgical Outcomes Using Cumulative Sum Charts (PDF),” Statistics in Medicine, 18, 69-86.
Steiner SH (1999), “Confirmation Sample Control Charts (PDF),” International Journal of Production Research, 37, 737-748.
Steiner SH (1998) “Grouped Data Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts (PDF),” Applied Statistics, 47, 203-216.
Steiner SH (1997-1998), “Pre-control and Some Simple Alternatives (PDF),” Quality Engineering, 10, 65-74.
MacKay RJ and Steiner SH (1997-1998), “Strategies for Variability Reduction (PDF),” Quality Engineering, 10, 125-136.
Steiner SH and Hamada M (1997), “Making Mixtures Robust to Noise and Mixing Measurement Errors (PDF),” Journal of Quality Technology, 29, 441-450.
Steiner SH, Geyer PL and Wesolowsky GO (1996), “Grouped Data Sequential Probability Ratio Tests and Cumulative Sum Control Charts (PDF),” Technometrics, 38, August, 230-237.
Steiner SH, Geyer PL and Wesolowsky GO (1996), “Shewhart Control Charts to Detect Mean Shifts Based on Grouped Data (PDF),” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 12, 345-353.
Geyer PL, Steiner SH and Wesolowsky GO (1996), “Optimal SPRT and CUSUM Procedures with Compressed Limit Gauges (PDF),” IIE Transactions, 28, 489-496.
Steiner SH, and Wesolowsky GO (1995), “Estimating the Correlation between Destructively Measured Variables Using Proof-loading (PDF),” Technometrics, 37, 1, 94-101.
Steiner SH, Geyer PL and Wesolowsky GO (1994), “Control Charts Based on Grouped Observations (PDF),” International Journal of Production Research, 32, 1, 75-91.
Steiner SH and Wesolowsky GO (1994), "Simultaneous Acceptance Control Charts for Products with Multiple Correlated Characteristics (PDF)," International Journal of Production Research, 32, 3, 531-543.