Dr. Gene Sprechini

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Lycoming College

Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 321-4288

Fax: (570) 321-4371

Email: sprgene at lycoming dot edu

 

My office is # D-311 in the Academic Center, and my regularly scheduled office hours for the Fall 2009 semester are as follows:

Mondays 9:30-10:30am

Wednesdays 9:30-10:30am

Fridays 9:30-10:30am

The Lycoming College Department of Mathematical Sciences Home Page can be found here.

The Lycoming College Home Page can be found here.

(Disclaimer: The picture below was taken in the late 1980s.  I may have changed since then!)

Education

    • B.S. (Mathematics), Wilkes College
    • MA. (Mathematics), SUNY at Binghamton
    • Ph.D. (Statistics), SUNY at Binghamton

Academic Interests

    • General Linear Models
    • Robustness of Statistical Tests

Activities

Links to Some Fun Stuff

      • What can we say about the winner in the recent election for President of the United States? The answer which foretells things to come is here.
      • What can we say about the candidates in the recent election for President of the United States?  It can all be summarized nicely and accurately right here.
      • Check on the END OF THE WORLD COUNTDOWN by going here and scrolling down to the bottom of the page to click on the Doomsday Clock.
      • To take a test which is EXTREMELY EASY but will irritate you because you won’t be able to do it anyway, go here.
      • See how many times you can make two in row by going here.
      • Get the answer(s) to the question “Do I think commas are important?” by going here.
      • What is REALLY meant by the sentences displayed here?
      • You can listen to some Oldies Music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s by going here (and clicking on the “listen” button), and you can listen to some very unusual oldies by going here.
      • To read about the worst television show ever made, go here.
      • To read about and see the best television show ever made (or certainly one of the best in my opinion at least), go here.
      • See a picture of yourself by following the instructions here.
      • Are you observant enough to figure out this card trick? (Disclaimer: For whatever reason, this webpage seems to be functional only about half the time)
      • Do you have the guts to take any of the quizzes that are here? (And be sure to click on the [Fun Stuff] link afterward!)
      • If you like to play games, then check out what is here.
      • To get news the “mainstream media” won’t give you, go here or here or here or here or here.
      • Fascinating puzzles (to which I once had all the answers, but now I can’t find them – but I’m sure they will turn up eventually!)
      • Great pictures.
      • To find out when you can watch The Three Stooges, go here or here, BUT to actually watch The Three Stooges on your computer RIGHT NOW, go here.

Links to Some Statistical Stuff

Courses

MATH 106 (Combinatorics) Syllabus (which includes links to the course schedule and the tutoring hours)

 

MATH 123 (Introduction to Statistics) Syllabus (which includes links to the course schedule, the tutoring hours, the textbook, the exercises sets (with answers to odd numbered exercises), the SPSS lab exercises, and the description of the required project)

 

MATH 128 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry I) Syllabus

 

MATH 130 (Matrix Algebra) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule and the tutoring hours)

 

MATH 214 (Multivariable Statistics) Syllabus (which includes links to the course schedule, the tutoring hours, and the description of the required project)

 

MATH 233 (Complex Variables) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule)

 

MATH 234 (Foundations of Mathematics) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule and tutoring hours)

 

MATH 238 (Multivariable Calculus) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule and tutoring hours)

 

MATH 332-333 (Mathematical Statistics I & II) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule)

 

MATH 400 (Theory of Interest with Applications) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule)

 

MATH 400 (Actuarial Mathematics) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule)

 

MATH 434 (Abstract Algebra) Syllabus (which includes a link to the course schedule) - To see the Math 434 students in action, take a look at this.

 

NURS 432-433 (Nursing Research I & II) and NURS 435 (Research in Nursing)