Graduate minor in applied statistics

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

1968 B.S. in physics
Minors in mathematics and education

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

1972-2001: College Professor, University of New Mexico and Indiana University

Most of our work has been in the areas of education, behavioral health, and the law. We design evaluations and research; develop instruments; collect and analyze data; interpret results; give presentations; and write reports, articles, and funding proposals.

Data analysis and interpretation for a Head Start curriculum project.

Grant writing and instrument development for a statistics education assessment project funded by the National Science Foundation.

Instrument development, data collection, interpretation, and article writing for a course-revision project funded by the National Science Foundation.

Creation of a series of concept maps used in Oardiek & Bord’s Inquiry into Physics college text.

Design, data collection, interpretation, and report writing for a project that assessed the importance of group size on students’ achievement and attitudes.

Data analysis, interpretation, and supervision of research staff for a project on gifted children.

Instrument development for an assistive technology project funded by the state of New Mexico.

Data analysis and interpretation of per pupil expenditures and critical review of the analyses and results in the “Exceptional Circumstances” report.

Instrument development, data analysis, and interpretation for a project designed to assess the professional needs of administrators at two-year post-secondary institutions in New Mexico.

Instrument development for and evaluation of a project designed to measure factors important in determining the success of Navajo students attending public schools.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of a test battery developed by the school district.

Instrument development, data collection, analysis, and interpretation for three projects designed to examine the relationships among student achievement and student and teacher attitudes, the relationship between entrance test scores and successful program completion, and reasons for student withdrawals.

Data analysis, interpretation, and grant writing for externally and internally funded behavioral health projects.

Evaluation, data analysis, interpretation, and report writing for two SBIR Phase I projects funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Data analysis, interpretation, and article writing for a project on diabetics’ quality of life funded by Novartis.

Instrument development, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation for an AIDS project funded by the New Mexico Health and Environment Department.

Data analysis, interpretation, and article writing for a project examining the relationships of demographic characteristics to rehabilitation effectiveness.

Instrument development, data collection design, analysis, interpretation, and report for a project examining employees’ attitudes about health care and their employer.

Data analysis, interpretation, and testimony for discrimination cases.

Data base creation, data analysis, and interpretation.

New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners, Albuquerque:

Score equating and interpretation for the New Mexico bar examination.

Alpha Connection, Albuquerque:

Evaluation of the validity of the selection process used to hire an instructional aide for a discrimination complaint filed against a New Mexico school district.