Jay is a senior fellow in the Statistics & Data Science department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Jay is a mathematical statistician with expertise in survey sampling, time series, nonparametric regression, and uncertainty quantification for complex scientific models. His research interests in complex surveys include small area estimation, calibration and weighting methods, variance estimation, multi-source data integration, and nonprobability sampling.
At NORC, Jay has provided statistical expertise on projects ranging from data quality assessments for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, to sampling methodology reviews for the National Agricultural Statistics Service, to integration of probability and nonprobability samples for the National Center for Health Statistics.
Jay is Professor Emeritus and past Chair of the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University. He has a distinguished record of academic achievements including extensive refereed publications and continuous research funding since 1991 from a variety of federal agencies. He has presented over 130 invited short courses, conference talks, and academic seminars. He has served as associate editor for seven top journals in statistics and Reviews Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Breidt was a member of six review committees for the National Academy of Sciences and twice served on the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee. He is currently serving his second term and chairing the Census Scientific Advisory Committee. Jay has received numerous honors, including recognition with a national prize in environmental statistics and elected fellowship in the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Education
PhD
Colorado State University
MS
Colorado State University
BA
The College of Idaho
Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus of Statistics
Colorado State University
Committee Chair
U.S. Census Scientific Advisory Committee
Associate Editor
Statistical Science
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute
Honors & Awards
Fellow | 2014
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Professor Laureate | 2013
College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University
Fellow | 2004
American Statistical Association
Distinguished Achievement Award | 2004
American Statistical Association Section on Statistics & the Environment
Publications
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Award-Winning Statistician F. Jay Breidt Joins NORC Full Time
Press Release | January 10, 2022
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opens in new tab"Modeling Ammonia Volatilization from Urea Application to Agricultural Soils in the DayCent Model."
Journal Article | February 16, 2021
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opens in new tab"Bayesian Calibration of the DayCent Ecosystem Model to Simulate Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics and Reduce Model Uncertainty."
Journal Article | August 7, 2020
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opens in new tab"Estimation of Fish Consumption Rates Based on a Creel Angler Survey of an Urban River in New Jersey, USA."
Journal Article | August 4, 2020
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opens in new tab"Large Scale Maximum Average Power Multiple Inference on Time‐Course Count Data with Application to RNA‐Seq Analysis."
Journal Article | March 20, 2020
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opens in new tab"Climate and Soil Characteristics Determine Where No-Till Management Can Store Carbon in Soils and Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions."
Journal Article | August 12, 2019
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NORC at the University of Chicago Welcomes F. Jay Breidt as its Newest Senior Fellow in the Center for Excellence in Survey Research
Press Release | April 1, 2019
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opens in new tab"Minimum Mean Squared Error Estimation of the Radius of Gyration in Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Experiments."
Journal Article | January 15, 2019