Applied
Statistics 3-Day On-Site Course
About
the Instructor
Dr. Robert S.
Schulman is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech. While he has published numerous
articles in professional journals, his orientation is toward applications of statistics
rather than theory.
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You don't want to learn statistics from a theorist. Dr. Schulman is an applied statistician who has built his career on teaching to and working with non-statisticians. |
Teaching credentials
33 years of teaching experience at Virginia
Tech - mostly to non-statistics students
23 years
of experience conducting 3-day seminars for practicing professionals
Recipient
of several teaching awards
Member of
prestigious Academy of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech
Professional experience
Provided statistical consultation for
hundreds of projects in a diversity of areas including:
business
health
sciences
engineering
social
sciences
biological
sciences
agriculture
education
forestry
Published dozens of articles in
professional journals
Served as
director of departmental graduate program
Held
offices in both state and national statistical organizations
Education
Dr. Schulman has degrees in three different fields from three different universities - and teaches in a fourth discipline, statistics. This broad background enables him to understand a wide variety of applications and to provide assistance in many settings.
BS in math, Carnegie-Mellon
University, 1968
MA in
education, University of Maryland, 1970
PhD in
psychology, University of North Carolina, 1974
Personal interests
Games of all kinds (bridge, poker, chess,
etc.)
Sports of
all kinds (skiing, tennis, basketball, volleyball, softball, etc.)
Science
and science fiction
Children