Chauncey Dayton, PhD
Professor Emeritus - University of Maryland
A recognized expert in research design, statistical methods, survey design and advanced measurement techniques (psychometrics). He has published two McGraw-Hill statistics textbooks and a Sage volume on the important topic of mixture models. In addition, his dozens of refereed journal articles have appeared in top-tier journals and he has authored several important book chapters. His career in higher education spanned teaching, advising and administration in the field of measurement, statistics and evaluation as well as an appointment with the program in survey methodology. His doctoral students have achieved great success in higher education, government service and private industry. For many years, he has engaged in consulting work as a principal in Dayton & Scheers Consulting on a wide range of topics including health care administration, university overhead audits, program evaluation, and survey/research design. After service in the US Army, Chauncey completed a Master’s degree in quantitative Psychology and a Doctoral degree in measurement and statistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.