Eric McKinney

PhD Student in Statistics

Utah State University

Biography

Hi! I’m Eric.

I am a statistics PhD student at Utah State University. My current research is in eye tracking, spatial statistics, and visualizations, advised by Dr. Jürgen Symanzik and in collaboration with Dr. Breanna Studenka. I earned a Masters degree in statistics at USU by modeling the behavior of bridge tendons with Dr. Yan Sun and Dr. Marc Maguire. I also earned a BS in Mathematics from Weber State University where I did undergraduate research with Dr. Mahmud Akelbek in graph theory.

Interests

Eye Tracking
Spatial Statistics
Visualizations

Education

MS in Statistics, 2017

Utah State University
BS in Mathematics, 2014

Weber State University
Residential Electrical Certificate, 2015

Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College

Projects

ANOVA Applet

Normal Distribution Applet

Law of Large Numbers Applet

2018 Data Expo R Shiny App

Binomial Distribution Applet

Histogram Applet

Publications

Jürgen Symanzik, Eric McKinney, Joanna Coltrin, Breanna Studenka. Eye-Tracking in Practice: An Application to Human Postures. In ISPC, 2020.

Slides

Eric McKinney, Jürgen Symanzik. Modifications of the Syrjala Test for Testing Spatial Distribution Differences Between Two Populations. In JSM, 2019.

PDF

Eric McKinney, Minwoo Chang, Marc Maguire, Yan Sun. Prediction of Stress Increase at Ultimate in Unbonded Tendons Using Sparse Principal Component Analysis. In IJCSM, 2019.

PDF DOI

Jürgen Symanzik, Chunyang Li, Breanna Studenka, Boyu Zhang, Eric McKinney, Brennan Bean, Melanie Athens, Madison Hansen. Eye-Tracking in Practice: The EyeTrackR R Package and its Use in a Study on Human Postures. In ISSAS, 2018.

Slides

Jürgen Symanzik, Eric McKinney, Breanna Studenka, Brennan Bean, Melanie Athens, Madison Hansen. Eye-Tracking in Practice: Results from a Study on Human Postures. In JSM, 2018.

PDF Slides

Jürgen Symanzik, Chunyang Li, Boyu Zhang, Breanna Studenka, Eric McKinney. Eye-Tracking in Practice: A first Analysis of a Study on Human Postures. In JSM, 2017.

PDF Slides

Teaching

Teaching Business Statistics at Utah State University

I have taught the following courses at Utah State University:

STAT 2300 Large Lecture (165 students): Business Statistics
STAT 5810 (TA): Introduction to R Programming
MATH 1210: Calculus 1
MATH 1060: Trigonometry
STAT 3000 Online: Statistics for Scientists
STAT 2300 Online: Business Statistics
STAT 2300 (12 recitations): Business Statistics
MATH 1050 (3 recitations): College Algebra
STAT 1040 (3 recitations): Introduction to Statistics