E. Jacquelin Dietz

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Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, NC 27607-5298 dietzjac@meredith.edu 269 Science and Mathematics Building Phone: (919) 760-8234 Fax: (919) 760-8763

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Teaching

• Courses taught at Meredith College:
  MAT 141: College Algebra
  MAT 245: Statistics I
  MAT 248: Statistical Concepts and Methods for Mathematicians
  MAT 340: Probability and Mathematical Statistics
  MAT 345: Statistics II
  MAT 348: Nonparametric Statistics
  FCS 645: Regression and Other Multivariate Models
  CIS 160: SAS Programming
  
• Selected courses taught at North Carolina State University:
  ST 101: Statistics by Example
  ST 505: Applied Nonparametric Statistics
  ST 507: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences I
  ST 508: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences II
  ST 641/841: Statistical Consulting
  

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Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Connecticut, 1978
M.S. in Statistics, University of Connecticut, 1975
Graduate work in Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1973-1974
A.B. in Mathematics and Psychobiology, Oberlin College, 1973

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Positions Held

Professor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Meredith College (2004 to present)
Department Head, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Meredith College (2007 to 2012)
Professor, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University (1993-2004)
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University (1984-1993)
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University (1978-1984)

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Selected Professional Activities

• Member of the American Statistical Association's Committee of Representatives to The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section Q (Education) (2011-2014).
• Secretary/Treasurer of the National Statistics Honorary Society Mu Sigma Rho (2011-2013).
• Publications Officer of the Section on Statistical Education of the ASA (2008-2010).
• Past Chair (2006), Chair (2005), and Chair-Elect (2004) of the Council of Sections of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
• Question leader (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), table leader (2004) and faculty consultant (2002, 2003) at the College Board's Advanced Placement Statistics Readings.
• Presenter at "Beyond Advanced Placement Statistics" short courses at the 2002, 2003, and 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings.
• Editor for the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) (2002).
• Consulting statistician for NCSSM Statistics Leadership Institute (2001) and participant in five-day workshop to write teaching materials (2007) for teachers of Advanced Placement Statistics, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
• Vice-Chair of the Council of Sections of the ASA (2001-2003).
• Associate Editor, Journal of Statistics Education (2001-2012).
• Member of ASA Task Force on Electronic Journals (1999-2000).
• Associate Editor, STATS (1999-2001, 2002-2004).
• Listowner for EdStat, an e-mail discussion group on statistics education (1999-2004).
• Chair of Selection Committee for the 1998 Educom Medal given to a member of the ASA.
• Chair of the Section on Statistical Education of the ASA (1997).
• Webmaster for the Section on Statistical Education of the ASA (1996-2009).
• Associate Editor for Reviews, Journal of the American Statistical Association (1995-1998).
• Presenter at STATS workshops for mathematicians who teach statistics (originally "Statistical Thinking and Teaching Statistics," later renamed "Statistical Thinking with Active Teaching Strategies"), sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America with a grant from the NSF. Reed College, June 1994; University of Delaware, June 1995; Dickinson College, June 1996; Gainesville College, March 1997; Framingham State College, June 1997.
• Representative-at-Large of the Caucus for Women in Statistics (1993-1994).
• Founding Editor of the Journal of Statistics Education, an electronic journal devoted to postsecondary statistics education (1992-2000). Official publication of the ASA as of January 1999.
• Program Chair of the Section on Statistical Education of the ASA for the 1992 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, MA.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Statistical Education of the ASA (1991-1993).

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Awards

• Pauline Davis Perry Award for Excellence in Teaching, Meredith College (2010)
• American Statistical Association Founders Award (2006)
• William Elgin Wickenden Award of the American Society for Engineering Education for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2002 (Felder, R. M., G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz. 2002. The effects of personality type on engineering student performance and attitudes. Journal of Engineering Education 91:3-17)
• College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nominee for the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, North Carolina State University (1997, 1998)
• Named Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1996)
• Appointed Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, North Carolina State University (1993-1995)
• Received the D. D. Mason Faculty Award in recognition of teaching skill, innovation in statistics education, and dedication to graduate students from other disciplines, North Carolina State University (1991)
• Elected to North Carolina State University Academy of Outstanding Teachers (1985)

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Grants

• Consultant, CSUMS: NC State University Computation for Undergraduates in Statistics Program. NSF Grant #DMS-0703392 (2009-2011)
• Principal Investigator, Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (provided stipends for a five-week summer research experience for four recent high school graduates). Academy of Applied Science (2003)
• Member of Advisory Group, Evaluation of the Statistics Reform. NSF Grant #REC-9732404 (1998-2000)
• Principal Investigator, Journal of Statistics Education. The Exxon Education Foundation (1997-1998)
• Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Effects of Innovative Teaching Methods in the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum. NSF Grant #DUE-9354379 (1994-1997)
• Principal Investigator, Journal of Statistics Education. The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (1993-1996)
• Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Study of Alternative Approaches to Engineering Education. NSF SUCCEED Coalition (1992-1994)
• Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Effects of Innovative Teaching Methods in the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum. NSF Grant #USE-9150407-01 (1991-1993)
• Team Member, Preparation of Mathematics and Science Teachers for the Twenty-First Century at North Carolina State University. NSF Grant #TPE-8850634 (1990-1992)

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Selected Publications

• Rossman, A. and J. Dietz. 2011. Interview with Jackie Dietz. Journal of Statistics Education, 19(2), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n2/rossmanint.pdf.
• Dietz, E. J. 2006. Journal of Statistics Education. Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, Ed. Neil J. Salkind. SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Utz, J. T., C. S. Apperson, and E. J. Dietz. 2005. Social impacts of La Crosse encephalitis in North Carolina. Human Organization 64:135-146.
• Dietz, E. J. 2004. Interview with Alan Agresti. STATS, Number 39:10-14.
• Utz, J. T., C. S. Apperson, J. N. MacCormack, V. K. Smith, M. Salyers, E. J. Dietz, and J. T. McPherson. 2004. Economic and social impacts of La Crosse encephalitis in western North Carolina. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 69:509-518.
• Trussell, H. J., and E. J. Dietz. 2003. A study of the effect of graded homework in a preparatory math course for electrical engineers. Journal of Engineering Education 92:141-146.
• Dietz, E. J. 2002. Interview with Bob Hogg. STATS, Number 35:11-14.
• Felder, R. M., G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz. 2002. The effects of personality type on engineering student performance and attitudes. Journal of Engineering Education 91:3-17.
• Felder, R. M., G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz. 1998. A longitudinal study of engineering student performance and retention. V. Comparisons with traditionally-taught students. Journal of Engineering Education 87:469-480.
• Dietz, E. J. 1998. Sign Tests. Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (Vol. 5). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK, pp. 4094-4095.
• Dietz, E. J. 1998. Journal of Statistics Education. Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Update Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 349-350.
• Dietz, E. J. 1998. Review of Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (3rd ed.). Journal of the American Statistical Association 93:844.
• Dietz, E. J. 1998. Review of Putting Chance to Work ...A Life in Statistics: A Biography of C. R. Rao. Journal of the American Statistical Association 93:412.
• Dietz, E. J. 1997. Review of Nonparametric Methods for Quantitative Analysis (3rd ed.). Journal of the American Statistical Association 92:1227.
• Dietz, E. J. 1997. Review of General Statistics (3rd ed.). Journal of the American Statistical Association 92:801.
• Dietz, E. J. 1997. Review of A Second Course in Statistics: Regression Analysis (5th ed.). Journal of the American Statistical Association 92:797.
• Dietz, E. J. 1997. Review of Learning Statistics Through Playing Cards. The American Statistician 51:207-208.
• Felder, R. M., G. N. Felder, M. Mauney, C. E. Hamrin, Jr., and E. J. Dietz. 1995. A longitudinal study of engineering student performance and retention: III. Gender differences in student performance and attitudes. Journal of Engineering Education 84:151-164.
• Felder, R. M., P. H. Mohr, E. J. Dietz, and L. Baker-Ward. 1994. A longitudinal study of engineering student performance and retention: II. Differences between students from rural and urban backgrounds. Journal of Engineering Education 83:209-217.
• Dietz, E. J. 1993. A cooperative learning activity on methods of selecting a sample. The American Statistician 47:104-108.
• Felder, R. M., K. D. Forrest, L. Baker-Ward, E. J. Dietz, and P. H. Mohr. 1993. A longitudinal study of engineering student performance and retention: I. Success and failure in the introductory course. Journal of Engineering Education 82:15-21.
• Dietz, E. J. 1989. Multivariate generalizations of Jonckheere's test for ordered alternatives. Communications in Statistics - Part A 18:3763-3783.
• Dietz, E. J. 1989. Teaching regression in a nonparametric statistics course. The American Statistician 43:35-40.
• Dietz, E. J. 1987. A comparison of robust estimators in simple linear regression. Communications in Statistics - Part B 16:1209-1227.
• Dietz, E. J. 1986. Testing for trends in the weather. R. J. Brook, G. C. Arnold, T. H. Hassard, and R. M. Pringle (eds.) The Fascination of Statistics. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 161-172.
• Dietz, E. J. 1985. The rank sum test in the linear logistic model. The American Statistician 39:322-325.
• Dietz, E. J. 1984. Linear signed rank tests for multivariate location. Communications in Statistics - Part A 13:1435-1451.
• Dietz, E. J. 1983. Small sample power of multivariate nonparametric tests for monotone trend. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 18:159-177.
• Quesenberry, C. P. and E. J. Dietz. 1983. Agreement probabilities for some CPIT-Neyman smooth tests. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 17:125-131.
• Dietz, E. J. 1983. Permutation tests for association between two distance matrices. Systematic Zoology 32:21-26.
• Dietz, E. J. 1982. Bivariate nonparametric tests for the one-sample location problem. Journal of the American Statistical Association 77:163-169.
• Dietz, E. J. and T. J. Killeen. 1981. A nonparametric multivariate test for monotone trend with pharmaceutical applications. Journal of the American Statistical Association 76:169-174.

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Last modified on 9/19/12