Faculty Profile

Shon Paul Williams

Title
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
ADA - Advanced Data Analytics
College
University of North Texas

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Texas A&M University, 1997. 
Major: Agricultural Economics





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ADTA 5250.401, Large Data Visualization, Summer 2024 
ADTA 5340.003, Discovery and Learning with Big Data, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ADTA 5340.410, Discovery and Learning with Big Data, Spring 2024 
ADTA 5340.411, Discovery and Learning with Big Data, Spring 2024 
ADTA 5250.001, Large Data Visualization, Spring 2024 Syllabus
IPAC 4340.410, Methods for Discovery and Learning from Data, Spring 2024 Syllabus
IPAC 4250.001, Principles of Data Visualization for Large Data, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ADTA 5340.003, Discovery and Learning with Big Data, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ADTA 5250.003, Large Data Visualization, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ADTA 5250.110, Large Data Visualization, Fall 8W2 2023  SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Williams, S., Shumway, C.  (2000). Trade Liberalization and Agricultural Chemical Use: United States and Mexico. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 82(1), 183-199. Wiley. wileyonlinelibrary.com
Williams, S., Shumway, C.  (1998). Aggregation of Data and Profit Maximization in Mexican Agriculture. Applied Economics. 30(2), 235-244. Taylor & Francis Journals. 
Williams, S., Shumway, C.  (1998). Testing for Behavioral Objective and Aggregation Opportunities in U.S. Agricultural Data. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 80(1), 195-207. Wiley. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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