K. Scott Alberts, PhD

Scott Alberts is in his seventeenth year at Truman teaching statistics. He serves as the director of Truman’s Center for Applied Statistics and Evaluation, and recently completed a short stint as interim Associate Provost and a longer stint as Director of Interdisciplinary Studies.

He believes that statistics should be used to make the world better. He researches quantitative methods for measuring behavior and decision-making, and the general process of data collection as a part of real-world projects. He frequently serves as a consultant and evaluator to the research of others, across a wide range of disciplines. His previous research investigated mathematics anxiety, and looked to find ways to reduce anxiety in ways that also improve mathematics performance.

Dr. Alberts received Truman’s Allen Fellowship for Faculty Excellence in 2010 and the
MAA’s Whittinghill Award for Statistics Education in 2011.

He is also active at Trinity Episcopal Church, where he serves as the choirmaster and music coordinator.
When not working, he likes games and puzzles, intellectual banter, good music, and bad television.

His wife Hyun-Joo Kim also teaches statistics here at Truman and they juggle schedules so they can handle their three children.

Office hours: VH 2132  (and by appointment)
W:  9:15-11:45 AM
MTWTh:  1:30-3:10 PM

Courses I have taught:
STAT 190 – Basic Statistics
STAT 220 – Fundamentals of Data Science
STAT 290 – Statistics
STAT 374 – Statistical Quality Control
STAT 376 – Nonparametric Statistics/Survey Sampling
STAT 380: Topics: Introduction to Statistical Consulting
STAT 487: Multivariate Statistics Through Data Mining
MATH 400: Introduction to Operations Research
IDSM 175 – Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
IDSM 475 – Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone
JINS 352 –Why You’re Wrong: Changing the World Through Data:
DS 480 – Disability Studies Capstone

Slides from conference presentations:
Data-free Data-Visualizations: JSM 2016