About the Author

Richard N. Wood, Ph.D. is an associate professor of practice in the Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona. He has developed classroom curricula that engages students in the process of research design and the subsequent statistical analysis of applied behavioral and social science data. Dr. Wood also developed the Critical Thinking and Rhetoric course, which is a core undergraduate requirement. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational communication with emphasis in public policy, applied research design, and statistics from the University of Arizona.