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Office of Survey Methods Research > Biography

Randall Powers, M.S.

Mathematical Statistician Office of Survey Methods Research

202-691-7381 powers.randall@bls.gov

Education:

B.S., Mathematics, University at Albany, 1989
M.S., Secondary Mathematics Education, University at Albany, 1991
M.S., Information Systems, George Mason University, 2005

Fields of Interest:

Nonresponse
Data Visualization
Clustering Analysis
Data Visualization

Professional Experience:

Mathematical Statistician, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1997-present

Selected Publications and Working Papers

Powers, R. K., W. Martinez, and T. Savitsky. 2021.Creating a Data-Driven Taxonomy. 2021. In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 932-945.
Powers, R. K., W. Martinez, and T. Savitsky. 2020. Integration of Two RShiny Applications into the Growclusters Package with an Example Implementation. In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 801-817.
Powers, R. K., W. Martinez, and T. Savitsky. 2019. Creation of Two R Shiny Applications to Illustrate and Accompany the growClusters Package. In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 2468-2478.
Powers, R. K. and D. Gillman. 2017.Creation of a Web‐Enabled Framework of a Taxonomy of Terms at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In JSM Proceedings, Government Statistics Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 1284-1290.
Powers, R. K., W. Martinez, and B. Kopp. 2016.. Developing Tools for Analysis of Text Data. In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 1199-1211.

Last Modified Date: April 8, 2022