Roger E. Kirk (born February 23, 1930)Biography of Roger E. Kirk
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Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...

. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

. Before joining the faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at

he was the Senior Psychoacoustical Engineer at the Baldwin Piano and Organ Company in

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

. Professor Kirk is a fellow of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

, the

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, and the

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. Kirk has written five books. His first book,
Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences
', now in a fourth edition, was designated a Citation Classic by the Institute for Scientific Information. Hi
introductory statistics
book is in a fifth edition. He and his wife are also avid ballroom dancers and he frequently uses the stairs to get to his 3rd story office.Professor Kirk's web page on Baylor University. http://www.baylor.edu/psychologyneuroscience/index.php?id=69690 accessed July 2, 2015

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