TeX/LaTeX

To write a thesis in the MSU Thesis style, use MSU class definition file.

A statistics thesis should use JASA style bibliographic references, so save this file in your directory: JASA format for Bibtex. You can then use the CIS database requesting output in Bibtex format, load those all into a "ref.tex" file, and bibtex will control the references for you.

One more detail: to get JASA style punctuation, you need the bibpunct line, and these others as well.

\usepackage{natbib}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{}{,}
\bibliography{ref}
\bibliographystyle{jasa}