Richard J. Lowry (born 1940)[1] is an American psychologist and Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is the developer of the computational statistics website VassarStats and its political offshoot Scoping the Polls.[2][3][4] He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1965, and first joined the faculty of Vassar College the same year. He was named the William R. Kenan Chair at Vassar in 1987, and was later named the Jacob P. Giraud Chair of Natural History there. He retired from the faculty at Vassar in 2006.[5][6]
Richard Lowry | |
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Born | Richard James Lowry 1940 (age 83–84) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brandeis University |
Known for | VassarStats website |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology Statistics |
Institutions | Vassar College |
Thesis | Male-female Differences in Attitudes Towards Death (1965) |
References
edit- ^ "Lowry, Richard, 1940-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "VassarStats: Statistical Computation Web Site". vassarstats.net. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "Scoping the Polls". Vassar College. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "SITE VISIT: Free Stats". Science. 288 (5470): 1295b–1295. 2000-05-26. doi:10.1126/science.288.5470.1295b. S2CID 220088954.
- ^ Beck, Rachel (March 2004). "The Other Class of '04". Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
- ^ "Emeriti - Faculty". Vassar College. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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