Dr. David W. Letcher

Profesor of Applied Business Statistics

My Professional Activities during 2008

  1. Attended and actively participated in the "Teaching Effectivenss Seminar" sponsored by AACSB International in Tampa, Florida from March 27 - 28, 2008. This seminar included lectures, panel discussions and critical reviews of individual teaching methods.


  2. Served as chairperson of the School of Business's student grievance committee.


  3. Presented a business forum, along with Dr. Joao Neves, on April 9th, to the School of Business faculty that dealt with our initial factor analysis of our EBI student satisfaction data.


  4. I taught three sections of ECO 231, Applied Business Statistics during the spring semester.


  5. Attended, participated in, and completed the SAS Institute's "Programming Essentials for Educators I", a one-day course in Cary, North Carolina on July 21st.


  6. Attended, participated in, and completed the SAS Institute's "Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2", a four-day course in Cary, North Carolina from July 22 to July 25th.


  7. Presented a paper entitled "Teaching the second course in business statistics: Student Knowledge, use of statistical software , and student satisfaction." at the American Institute of Higher Education Conference in Atlantic City during September 24-26, 2008.


  8. Presented a paper jointly authored by Dr. Joao Neves entitled "Determinants of Student Satisfaction - A Case Study" at the 10th annual meeting of the Academy of Business Disciplines. The conference was held in Ft. Myers Beach, Floriday from November 6 to November 8, 2008.


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