Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
Climatology
Statistical Methods
Scientific Data Analysis
RAY D. MOORING, PHD
Raymond D. Mooring, Ph.D. has spent nearly a decade studying, teaching, and analyzing statistics. He received a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science with a concentration in Statistical Climatology from Georgia Institute of Technology.
While working for the US Department of Treasury as a Statistician, Ray has authored or co-authored over 25 sensitive, but unclassified technical reports. In this capacity, he conducted data analysis for research teams, provided assistance to other analysts when initiating, planning, implementing, controlling, modifying, and executing all parts of a research project, and reviewed and analyzed all material produced for studies for reasonableness and accuracy.
Ray has taught statistics to undergraduate business majors and graduate MBA students. He currently teaches statistics to non-Math majors. In addition, Ray has provided statistical support to students in diverse fields such as climatology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, education, finance, biology, and even ministry.
Ray can help clients demystify statistics. Regardless if you need help in conceptualizing the methodology section of your dissertation, setting up your experiments, analyzing your results, interpret your results, or proving or disproving your company’s hypothesis, Ray will be able to provide you with accurate answers that are easy to understand and actionable.
Finally, Ray takes pride in teaching others statistics. As a result, he will teach short statistics courses to your department or company. If you do not have a training budget for your employees, providing a short course is an economical way to train several employees in the fundamentals and applications of statistics. Short course notes may also be provided if you like.
Scope:
Science – Statistical Analysis, Biostatistics, Abstracts, Dissertations and Theses, Reports, Research Papers, Presentations, Curriculum Development, Fact Checking
Technical – Statistical Analysis, Tutorials and Training Materials, White Papers, Reports
Social Science – Statistical Analysis, Market Research Survey Design
Business – Statistical Analysis
----SPSS, SAS, MATLAB, statistical analysis, developing methodology for experiments, statistics tutor (will provide lecture notes that explain statistical techniques simply), data entry, preparation of tables and graphs, writing reports of findings, nonparametric data analysis, time series analysis, spectral analysis, forecasting and prediction, model creation and validation, spatial analysis, design of experiments, hypothesis testing, principal component analysis, Anova and regression analysis, clustering methods, applying statistical methods to scientific data (e.g. environmental science, biology, physics), applying statistical methods to social science data (e.g. psychology, sociology, economics), applying statistical methods to financial data (e.g. finance, business, and marketing), survey design, distribution fitting of data, statistics education of non-math majors.
Earth Science, Atmospheric Science, and Climatology Resources
NASA Earth Observatory provides new satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth's climate and environmental change. It features stories about the atmosphere, oceans, land, life, heat and... (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
NASA Oceanography provides online field trips, information about ocean phenomena (such as phytoplankton, carbon, and reefs), remote sensing tools for monitoring ocean changes, and more. This website is... (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Global Warming -- Visitor Center features materials teachers can use in presentations and classroom activities on climate change science. A kids' site includes animations of global warming and earth processes (for... (Environmental Protection Agency)
Exploring Earth: Investigations provides more than 75 earth science investigations. Each presents photos and text (and sometimes video) that help students understand key earth science concepts. Among the topics... (National Science Foundation)
Exploring Earth: Visualizations features over 100 animations and images that illuminate key concepts in earth science. Examples are: coal formation, nuclear fission, growth of a continent, tectonic plate movement... (National Science Foundation)
Windows to the Universe explores the Earth, planets of our solar system, and the universe. It includes images, animations, and data sets, and information about books, movies, scientists, and myths... (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 
Global Warming Facts and Our Future explores the latest scientific information from the National Academy of Sciences. Is our climate warming? Are humans causing it? What might be the effects? What can be done? Learn... (National Academy of Sciences)
Earth and Space Science provides activities, animations, and lessons on the structure, processes, and history of earth, as well as the solar system, and astronomy. Topics include earthquakes, faults... (Exploratorium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Global Climate Change offers a window into the world of scientific research on climate change. Learn about physical processes underlying the earth's climate, data on how the climate is changing and the... (Exploratorium, supported by National Science Foundation)
Global Warming Debate discusses global warming, policy struggles to address it, international efforts, the idea of a cap-and-trade system, and more. Interactive features show how much CO2 different cars... (NewsHour, supported by National Science Foundation)
Bioed Online features lessons on the water cycle and global warming, the X chromosome, sleep and daily rhythms, muscles and bones, and food and fitness. Experts offer presentations (streaming... (Baylor College of Medicine, supported by Multiple Agencies)
Climate provides lessons, video clips, and interactive resources for learning about the Antarctic Ice Sheet, research in Antarctica, the carbon cycle, the difference between weather and... (Teachers' Domain, supported by Multiple Agencies)
Polar Sciences Collection provides lessons for studying Antarctica and the Arctic, and topics related to them. Learn about ecosystems, ice sheets, global warming, earth as a system, and earth's albedo...
Educators' Bridge provides lessons and guides for teaching about earth's climate and the role of carbon, weather, the sun, wildfires, the water cycle, clouds, storms, atmospheric science, and other... (National Center for Atmospheric Research, supported by National Science Foundation)
Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide includes lessons on how the sun's magnetism interacts with the earth's magnetic field, how scientists study ancient climates, how the earth system works and how climate changes over... (National Center for Atmospheric Research, supported by National Science Foundation)
Exploring the Environment features 25 online modules that put students in problem-based learning scenarios. In one module, students predict the impact of increased carbon dioxide on the wheat yield in Kansas... (Center for Educational Technologies, supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Earth and Environmental Science: Research Overview examines questions that scientists are pursuing: What part do we play in earth's changing climate? What can rock layers tell us about earth's history? How can we understand the forces... (National Science Foundation)
GLOBE -- Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from more than 9,500 schools in over... (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Investigating the Climate System: Energy offers problem-based lessons that focus on questions: Does ground surface influence temperature? How important is water evaporation to the cooling of a surface? If my town grows... (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
NOAA Education Resources offers materials on weather, oceans and coasts, satellites and space, and long-term climate change. The site also contains a photo library, real time satellite imagery, and a radar... (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
U.S. Global Change Data and Information System maintains global change information from several federal agencies and offers a question answering service, "Ask Dr. Global Change."... (Multiple Agencies)
