Day 12, Mat194: Mathematical Sciences Seminar

• Today we welcome Steve Long, Marketing Analyst and statistician, consultant to P&G (and the "big corporate world"), self-employed data analyst, now re-purposed.... and always my brother!:)

• Dan Curtin responds to your questions.

  Steve Wilkinson has also answered a few more of your questions. Feel free to ask more of any of these folks at any time. They seem flattered that you are interested in their fields of interest.

• Remember to get me your response forms for Dan McGee's talk about Math and Education (The form)

• Upcoming events:
  • STEM dodgeball! (April 5th, 6-8 -- the MAC gym at the Rec Center).

  • The Econ Games competition is this week (April 7th, midnight to midnight); talk to Dakota or Matt if interested. Flyers are around the department.

  • The KYMAA (Kentucky Mathematical Association of America) will is holding its spring meeting this weekend, April 6-7, 2018 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY.

  • The Celebration of Student Research is also coming up next week, April 10th and 11th. There are opportunities to visit talks, or the big poster session. See the schedule of activities at their website.

Steve has a Masters (M.S.) in Applied Statistics from Bowling Green State University (1983), and has spent decades since applying statistics:

• Founder and Consultant, Long Research Associates (1998-Present)

• Vice President -- Customer Development, Frequency Marketing, Inc. (1997-1998)

• Vice President/Regional Testing Manager, Information Resources, Inc. (1993-1997)

• Manager -- Quantitative Methods & Senior Statistician, NFO Research, Inc. (1985-1993)

• Instructor -- Applied Statistics and Operations Research, BGSU, 1983-1985

Steve will be sharing some of the work he's done over the course of his career, and how mathematics has played a role in his life (hopefully in a positive way!). Steve will certainly appreciate questions. Please feel free to interject with one at any time.

1. Did you ever wonder what happens to your grocery order info when you leave the checkout counter?

2. How does the U.S. Census play into marketing research?

3. What do you do when you and your boss don't get along?

• Steve's xls

• Some funnies