JAMES J. HIGGINS
Professor
Department of
phone: 785-532-0509
e-mail:
jhiggins@ksu.edu
B.S University of Illinois, Mathematics, 1965
M.S. Illinois State University, Mathematics, 1967
Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia, Statistics, 1970
Kansas State U., Dept. of
Statistics, 1980-present, Assoc. Prof. and Prof. and Consultant for Kansas
State Research and Extension.
U. of Missouri-Rolla, Dept. of Math., 1970-1974, Asst. Prof.
Head of Department of
Statistics and Director of the Statistical Laboratory, July 1990-June 1995.
Courses: Statistical methods for undergraduates
and graduates.
Distance Education:
Developed a web-based introductory graduate-level
statistics course (Statistics for the Natural Sciences) which is offered
nationally through Kansas State U. division of continuing education. Over 1500
students have taken this course from 24 different states.
Developed Business Statistics
II, an online undergraduate course for a distance education degree program at
An Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Modeling,
with Sallie Keller-McNulty (1995).
Duxbury Press.
An Introduction to Modern Nonparametric Statistics (2004). Thomson Brooks/Cole.
A SAS Companion for Nonparametric Statistics, (2005 to
appear), with Scott Richter. Thomson Brooks/Cole.
Author or co-author of more than 85 technical
publications.
Consultant for KSU Statistical
Laboratory. Responsibilities include
design of experiments, survey planning, data analysis, and modeling.
AWARDS
Elected Fellow of the American
Statistical Association (1999).