Email Address:
alchow@southalabama.edu
Phone Number:
(251) 460-6903
Location:
MCOB 153

Dr. Alan Chow

Professor

Marketing and Quantitative Methods

Research Interests

Dr. Chow's research interests include Volatility measures in equity returns and Alternative methods of statistical comparisons.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 2008. Instructional Design and Development.
Master of Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1987. Quantitative Business Analysis.
Bachelor of Science, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 2016. Finance.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986. Quantitative Business Analysis.

Publications

Chow, Alan F. and Van Haneghan, James P. (2016). “Transfer of solutions to conditional probability problems: effects of example problem format, solution format, and problem context”, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 93(1), pp. 67 – 85.
Chow, Alan F. (2015). “Online Homework Impact in Undergraduate Business Mathematics and Statistics Courses”, Educational Studies, 41(3), pp. 244 – 248.
Pennywell, Gwen, Chow, Alan F., and Javine, Victoria. (2014). “A Comparison of Energy Stock Return Models Using Pitman Closeness Criterion”, International Journal of Services and Standards, 9(2/3/4), pp. 87-102.
Pennywell, Gwendolyn, Chow, Alan F., and Javine, Victoria. (2014). “Using Pitman Closeness to Compare Stock Return Models”, International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(9), pp.161-170.

Chow, Alan F., Woodford, Kelly C., and Lambe, Nancy J. (2014). “Using Project Deliverables and Project Management for Timely Completion of Student Projects”, Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences, 5(3),pp. 323-329.
Chow, Alan F., Tressler, Ameina S., and Woodford, Kelly C. (2013). “A Comparison of Control Charting Applications for Variable Sample Sizes in Service”, Journal of Business, Industry and Economics, 18, pp.109-125.
Tressler, Ameina S. and Chow, Alan F. (2013). “Multiple Pairwise Comparison Procedures Based on the Lin and Wang Test for Right Censored Survival Data”, Statistica Neerlandica, 67(1), pp. 112-120.
Chow, Alan F., Finney, Treena G., Woodford, Kelly C. (2012). “Perceptions of Performance: Do Learners Understand as Well as They Think?”, European Journal of Training and Development, 36(5), pp. 544-561.
Baker, Fred, Chow, Alan F., Woodford, Kelly, Maes, Jeanne. (2012). “Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques to Instructional Design Technology (IDT) for Greater Organizational Effectiveness”, Organization Development Journal, 30(1), pp. 53-62.
Lambe, Nancy J., Chow, Alan F., Finney, Treena G., and Woodford, Kelly C. (2011). “A Practical Approach to Teaching the Aspects of Plant Closing in an Undergraduate Operations Management Course “, Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 16(2), pp. 105-121.
Chow, Alan F., Woodford, Kelly C., and Maes, Jeanne. (2011). “Deal, or No Deal: Using Games to Improve Student Learning, Retention, and Decision Making”, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 42(2), pp. 259 -264.
Chow, Alan F., Finney, Treena G., and Woodford, Kelly C. (2010). “Training Design and Transfer: Contributions of Six Sigma”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 59(7), pp. 624 – 640.
Woodford, Kelly C., Gillespie Finney, Treena L., Chow, Alan F, and Lambe, Nancy J. (2009). “The Forgotten Topic: Teaching Plant Closing to Executives and Graduate Students”, Journal of Executive Education, Vol. 8(1), pp. 73 - 86.
Chow, Alan F., Howard, John C., and Lambe, Nancy J. (2009). “Business Operations Management Review (BOMR): Providing Students with an Insider’s View of Operations Management”, Journal of Practical Global Business, Vol. 8(1), pp. 3 – 18.
Woodford, Kelly C. and Chow, Alan F. (2008). “Alternative Classroom Assessment Technique (CAT): Using Daily Quizzes in Business Law Classes”, Franklin Business and Law Review Quarterly Journal, Vol. 2008, # 4, pp. 41 – 48.
Chow, Alan F., Woodford, Kelly C., and Maes, Jeanne. (2008). eur“Applying Six Sigma Tools to the Business School Accreditation Process”, i-Manager Journal on Management special issue on Quality and Operations Management, 2(4). pp. 1 – 11.
Chow, Alan F., Woodford, Kelly C., and Showers-Chow, Jill D. (2008). “Utilization of Needs-Based Customer Training”, Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 40(6), pp. 320 – 327.
Chow, Alan F., Howard, John C,. and Lambe, Nancy. (2008). “A Newfound Affinity”, Quality Progress, Vol. 41(9), p. 88.
Chow, Alan F., Howard, John C., and Lambe, Nancy. (2008). “Teaching Variation Using An Interactive Classroom Activity”, Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education, 6(2), pp. 305 – 311.
Chow, Alan F. (2007). “Compliance Requirements Matrix”, Quality Progress, Vol. 40(12), p. 80.
Chow, Alan F., Bowman, Ronald, and Wittenberg, Leonard C. (2007). “Achieving Compliance through CI”, Quality Progress, Vol. 40(10), pp. 28 – 33.
Chow, Alan F., Chow, Bryant, Hannumath, Sriharsha, and Wagner, Teresa A. (2007). “Comparison of Robust Estimators of Standard Deviation in Normal Distributions Within the Context of Quality Control”, Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation, 36(4), pp. 891-899

Courses

BUS 245