Dr. Gene Sprechini
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570)
321-4288
Fax: (570) 321-4371
Email: sprgene at lycoming dot edu
My office is # D-311 in the Academic Center, and my regularly
scheduled office hours for the Fall 2013 semester
are as follows:
Mondays 9:30-10:00
AM
Tuesdays
10:00-10:30 AM
Wednesdays 9:30-10:00
AM
Fridays 9:30-10:00
AM
The
Lycoming College Actuarial Mathematics Home Page can be found here.
The
Lycoming College Mathematics Home Page can be found here.
The
Lycoming College Home Page can be found here.
(Disclaimer: The picture
below was taken in the late 1980s. I may
have changed since then!)
Education
- B.S.
(Mathematics), Wilkes College
- MA.
(Mathematics), SUNY at Binghamton
- Ph.D. (Statistics), SUNY at Binghamton
Academic Interests
- General
Linear Models
- Robustness of Statistical Tests
Activities
- Coordinator
for the Actuarial
Mathematics Major
- Membership
in the American Statistical Association
- Statistical Consulting
Links to Some Fun Stuff
- Check on the END OF THE WORLD COUNTDOWN
by going here
and scrolling down to the bottom of the page to click on the Doomsday
Clock.
- To take
a test which is EXTREMELY EASY but will irritate you because you won’t
be able to do it anyway, go here.
- See how
many times you can make two in row by going here.
- Get the
answer(s) to the question “Do I think commas are important?” by going here.
- What is REALLY meant
by the sentences displayed here?
- You can listen to
some Oldies Music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s by going here (and clicking on the
“listen” button), and you can listen to some very unusual oldies by
going here.
- To read about the
worst television show ever made, go here.
- To read about and
see the best television show ever made (or certainly one of the best
in my opinion at least), go here.
- See a picture of
yourself by following the instructions here.
- Are you observant
enough to figure out this card trick?
(Disclaimer: For whatever reason, this webpage seems to be functional
only about half the time)
- Do you have the guts
to take any of the quizzes that are here?
(And be sure to click on the [Fun Stuff] link afterward!)
- If you like to play
games, then check out what is here.
- To get news the
“mainstream media” won’t give you, go here or here or here or here or here.
- Fascinating puzzles (to
which I have all the answers, so feel free to email me to get an answer)
- Great pictures.
- To find out when you
can watch The Three Stooges, go here or here, BUT to actually watch
The Three Stooges on your computer RIGHT NOW, go here.
Links to Some Statistical Stuff
- Read about
Loyer’s paradox (which is NOT Simpson’s
paradox, although it might seems so at first)
by going here.
- Summary Information
about Using SPSS
for Windows
- For more detailed
information about SPSS, go to Raynald’s
SPSS Tools
- Information about Selecting the
Proper Statistical Procedures
- American Statistical
Association Home Page
- Society of Actuaries Home Page - DO NOT consider becoming an
actuary until you go here.
- Information and
Discussions about Statistics
- For some entertaining
and informative lessons on statistics, check out INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS:
CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND APPLICATIONS by David W. Stockburger
(The section titled A MAYORAL FANTASY is a real hoot!!)
- Links to lots of Statistical stuff
Courses
MATH 106 (Combinatorics) Syllabus (which
includes links to the course schedule and the tutoring hours)
MATH 123 (Introduction to Statistics) Syllabus (web page
version here) which
includes links to the course schedule, the tutoring hours, the textbook, the
exercises sets (with answers to odd numbered exercises), the SPSS lab
exercises, and the description of the required project
MATH 128 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry I) Syllabus
MATH 130 (Matrix Algebra) Syllabus (which
includes a link to the course schedule and the tutoring hours)
MATH 214 (Multivariable Statistics) Syllabus (web page
version here) which
includes links to the course schedule, the tutoring hours, and the description
of the required project
MATH 233 (Complex Variables) Syllabus (which
includes a link to the course schedule)
MATH 234 (Foundations of Mathematics) Syllabus (web page
version here) which
includes a link to the course schedule and tutoring hours
MATH 238 (Multivariable Calculus) Syllabus (which
includes a link to the course schedule and tutoring hours)
MATH 332-333 (Mathematical Statistics I & II) Syllabus (which
includes a link to the course schedule)
MATH 400 (Theory of Interest with Applications) Syllabus (web page
version here) which
includes a link to the course schedule and tutoring hours
MATH 400 (Actuarial Mathematics) Syllabus (web page
version here) which
includes a link to the course schedule
MATH 434 (Abstract Algebra) Syllabus (which
includes a link to the course schedule) - To see the Math 434 students in
action, take a look at this.
NURS 432-433 (Nursing Research I & II) and NURS 435
(Research in Nursing)