Introduction to Statistics in Human Performance

Dale P. Mood is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado, USA, where he taught for 47 years in the Department of Integrative Physiology. He is a former Department Chair, Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs, coordinator of the Responsible Conduct of Research program on the Boulder campus and interim Director of the Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical program. He has authored five textbooks, three book chapters, nearly 50 articles, and he has presented both nationally and internationally in the areas of measurement and research.

James R. Morrow, Jr. is a Regents Professor Emeritus in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation at the University of North Texas, USA. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and five books, and he has made nearly 300 professional presentations. He received the 2011 President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Honor Award. His teaching and research focus on measurement issues related to physical fitness and activity assessment.

Matthew B. McQueen is the founding Director of the Public Health Certificate Program and teaches introduction to epidemiology for undergraduate students as well as advanced biostatistics for graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. McQueen’s research objectives are focused on the development and application of epidemiological and biostatistical methods to advance our understanding of human disease from genes to populations. His research program is highly interdisciplinary involving studies of genetics and the microbiome, cardiometabolic disease, substance abuse as well as neurological studies of Alzheimer’s disease and mild traumatic brain injury.