Roger E. Kirk

Roger E. Kirk received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the Ohio State University and did post doctoral study in mathematical psychology at the University of Michigan. He was a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics at Baylor University. He founded, and for 25 years, directed Baylor’s Behavioral Statistics Ph.D. program and the Institute of Statistics, now the Department of Statistical Science. He published extensively in the areas of statistics, psychoacoustics, and human engineering, and authored five statistics books. Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences, his first book, was identified by the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the most frequently cited books in its field. In recognition of his teaching effectiveness, he was named the Outstanding Tenured Teacher in the College of Arts and Sciences and designated a Master Teacher, Baylor University’s highest teaching honor. He was the 2005 recipient of the Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring from the Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics of the American Psychological Association.