Janice A. Gifford

  • Professor Emeritus of Statistics
Janice A. Gifford

Janice Gifford teaches statistics and mathematics. She has also directed institutional research at the College and has spent many summers teaching at MHC's Summer Mathematics Research Institute.

Gifford teaches Elementary Data Analysis and Experimental Design; Applied Regression Methods; and Introduction to the Ideas and Applications of Statistics.

In addition to publishing book reviews and journal articles, Gifford has coauthored Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation: A Bridge to Higher Mathematics (Key Curriculum Press, 1997).

Areas of Expertise

Educational measurement and statistics

Education

  • Ed.D., M.Ed., University of Massachusetts
  • B.A., University of Rochester

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