Robert F HeckardRobert F. Heckard is a retired senior lecturer in statistics at the Pennsylvania State University. In his 36-year career at Penn State, he taught introductory statistics courses for undergraduate students as well as applied statistics courses for stuents at the senior and graduate level. His advanced teaching included courses in regression analysis, analysis of variance, experimental design, nonparametric statistics, time series analysis, multivariate analysis, analysis of clinical trials and statistical computing. At Penn State, Dr. Heckard received the Eberly College of Science Innovative Teaching award and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Collaborative Course Design award. He was also awarded several university grants to develop multimedia and web-based instructional materials for teaching statistical concepts. Aside from MIND ON STATISTICS, he is the co-author of STATISTICAL IDEAS AND METHODS, published by Cengage Learning. Dr. Heckard has been an active consultant in the statistical analysis and design of cancer treatment clinical trials and highway safety research. Read More Read Less