Dr. Robin H Lock
St. Lawrence University News
Submitted by rlock on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 17:30.
Burry Professor of Statistics
Courses I teach regularly:
Math 113 - Applied Statistics
Math 213 - Applied Regression Analysis
Math 325 - Probability
Math 326 - Mathematical Statistics
Math/Econ 343 - Time Series Analysis
My research interests:
Statistics Education - especially uses of technology, activities and real data
Statistics in Sports
Sample student projects I have supervised:
Assessing Ratings Methods for College Hockey Teams
The Price is Right: Using Monte Carlo Simulations to Price Stock Options
Estimating Atypical Baseball Career Trajectories
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Fathom (3rd Edition)
"Teaching a Technology-enhanced Statistics Course in a Liberal Arts Environment"
"Using a Poisson Model to Rate Teams and Predict Scores in Ice Hockey"
Aspects of my teaching that students find most effective and interesting:
Use of Powerpoint, technology and real-data examples
Some ways I connect with students outside the classroom:
Play the siren for goals scored at women's hockey games
Avid fan of SLU sports - especially when my students are playing
Ways I offer service to my discipline and/or the University:
Chair of the ASA-MAA Joint Committee on Statistics Education
Table Leader for grading AP Statistics exams
Member of SLU's Faculty Council
My hobbies and/or personal interests:
Ice hockey goalie
Fantasy baseball, football, hockey and golf
My current projects:
A textbook for a Stat2 course
A website of early career profiles of students with undergraduate-level statistics training
Workshops for improving statistics instruction