Megan E. Mocko
- Senior Lecturer
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Information Systems and Operations Management Department
- Master of Science – Management
- Master of Science – Business Analytics
- Stuzin Hall 351B
Megan Mocko is a lecturer who teaches Business Statistics for undergraduate and graduate students. Previously, she taught statistics in the UF Department of Statistics since 2001 and achieved Master Lecturer in 2013. She won two college level teaching awards and was nominated three times for the national Waller Award during her time there. In addition to her teaching, Megan has served as programming chair for the eCOTS (electronic Conference on Teaching of Statistics) 2020 and 2022. Megan’s involvement in the field of statistics education lead to her work as co-chair on the recently updated 2016 GAISE Guidelines report (Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education). The revised 2016 GAISE report along with the original report released in 2005 are endorsed by the American Statistical Association. She has also served on university committees related to the use of technology on campus as well as worked on pilots of learning analytics. Megan has taught introductory statistics in multiple formats: face-to-face, hybrid, and completely online. She has used different techniques to improve learning for students in face to face classes, with learning disabilities and in the online learning environment. She is interested in engaging all students through technology.
News
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Courses taught
- Advanced Managerial Statistics (QMB5305)
- Individual Work in Information Systems and Operations Management (QMB4905)
- Introduction to Managerial Statistics (QMB5304)
- Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions I (QMB6358)
- Statistics for Business Decisions (QMB3250)
Education
- MS – Statistics, University of South Carolina, 2001
- BS – Double Major: Statistics and Mathematics, University of South Carolina, 1999
Professional service
- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education — 2023 to Present
- Committee Chair, eCOTS 2024 — 2022 to 2024
- Committee Member, MAA Webinar Oversight Task Force — 2020 to 2023
- Co-organizer, CAUSE Research Reading Group — 2022 to 2023
- co-organizer, First Friday Flipped — 2022 to 2023
- Committee Member, Data Hunters for Open Intro Stats — 2021 to 2022
- Program Organizer, eCOTS 2022 — 2021 to 2022
- Program Chair, eCOTS 2020 — 2019 to 2020
Book chapter publications
- What is Artificial Intelligence?
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Megan Mocko, Alexandra Bitton-Bailey, Lauren Weisberg
Conference proceeding publications
- A qualitative analysis of reflections from a discussion of data ethics conducted during a virtual exchange
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2024
- Authors: Megan Mocko, Swapna Kumar
- Four themes about construction of histograms
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Megan Mocko, Daniel Maxwell
- Where is Waldo in statistic class? Using maps to explore modern data types
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2020
- Author: Megan Mocko
Instructional material publications
- Universal Design for Learning in Service Statistics Courses – Part 3: Action and Expression
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2023
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Exploring the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion with a Study of Fingerprint Types in the US
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Megan Mocko, Katrina Gothard
- Exploring Fundamental Definitions with a Study of Fingerprint Types in the US
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Katrina Gottard, Megan Mocko
- 4-3-2-1 Assignment
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2021
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Survey Questions Exchange
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2021
- Author: Megan Mocko
Journal article publications
- What they remember may not be what they understand: A study of mnemonics recall and performance by introductory statistics students.
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Statistics Education
- Accepted Year: 2024
- Authors: Megan Mocko, Amy Wagler, Lawrence Lesser, Wendy Francis, J Blush, K Schleicher, P Barrientos
- “Updated Guidelines, Updated Curriculum: The GAISE College Report and Introductory Statistics for the Modern Student
- Status: Published
- Journal: Chance
- Published Year: 2017
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Assessing Effectiveness of Mnemonics for Tertiary Students in a Hybrid Introductory Statistics Course
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Statistics Education
- Published Year: 2017
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Selecting Technology to Promote Learning in an Online Introductory Statistics Course
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2013
- Author: Megan Mocko
Other publications
- Universal Design for Learning in Service Statistics Courses – Part 2: Engagement
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2023
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Universal Design for Learning in Service Statistics Courses – Part 1: Representation
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Data Set: arcs12
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Data set: Dream
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Data Set: Vehicle Data from the EPA (2021)
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Data Set: US Time Survey
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2022
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Data Sets: Legos
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2021
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Were there more airline delays in December 2020 or in December 2019?
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2021
- Author: Megan Mocko
- Machine Learning for a citizen data scientist: an experience with JMP
- Status: Published
- Published Year: 2020
- Authors: Jie Lie, Megan Mocko