Contact Information

• Campus: Oxford
• Office: Upham 330
• Phone: 513.529.4841
• Email: oconnert@muohio.edu

Office Hours

• MWR 5-6 pm

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Richard O'Connell

Associate Professor

Decision Sciences/MIS

Academic Background

• M.S. Northwestern University, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, 1973
• B.S. Purdue University, Mathematics, 1970

Academic & Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Miami University (1999–Present).
• Assistant Professor, Miami University (1990–1998).
• Senior Instructor, Miami University (1979–1989).
• Instructor, Miami University (1973–1979).

Recent Publications

• O'Connell, R. T., Orris, J. B. & Porter, D. C. (2008). Essentials of Business Statistics, Second Edition McGraw-Hill/Irwin (under contract).
• Bowerman, B. L. (2007). Business Statistics in Practice McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
• Bowerman, B. L., O'Connell, R. T. & Koehler, A. B. (2005). Forecasting, Time Series, and Regression, Fourth Edition, Belmont California: Thomson-Brooks/Cole.
• Bowerman, B. L., O'Connell, R. T. & Orris, J. B. (2004). Essentials of Business Statistics, New York, NY: McGraw Hill/Irwin.
• Marks, N. B. & O'Connell, R. T. (2003). Using Statistical Control Charts to Analyze Data from Student Evaluations of Teaching. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 1 (2), 259-272.

Honors & Awards

• 2000: FSB Effective Educator Award.

Professional Interests

• Research: Statistics, Quality and Process Improvement
• Teaching: Statistics, Process Improvement, Forecasting

Areas of Expertise

• Process analysis and improvement
• Statistics

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