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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 37 Citations 6,444 127 World Ranking 1604 National Ranking 983

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Social science

William E. Becker spends much of his time researching Economics education, Teaching method, Mathematics education, Higher education and Academic achievement. Teaching economics is the focus of his Economics education research. His Teaching method study combines topics in areas such as Scarcity, Suspect and Public relations.

His Mathematics education study deals with Grading intersecting with Academic standards, Learning effect and Criterion-referenced test. The study incorporates disciplines such as Library science, Circumstantial evidence, International business and Business economics in addition to Higher education. His biological study deals with issues like Test, which deal with fields such as Econometrics.

His most cited work include:

  • Teaching Economics to Undergraduates (338 citations)
  • Chalk and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate Economics (240 citations)
  • Teaching Economics at the Start of the 21st Century: Still Chalk-and-Talk (173 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Economics education, Higher education, Mathematics education, Teaching method and Social science. Economics education and The Internet are two areas of study in which William E. Becker engages in interdisciplinary work. His Higher education research includes elements of Pedagogy, Public economics and Medical education.

He focuses mostly in the field of Medical education, narrowing it down to topics relating to Affect and, in certain cases, Probit model. Mathematics education is represented through his Academic achievement and Class size research. His studies deal with areas such as Statistical hypothesis testing, Estimation and Subject as well as Social science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Economics education (57.76%)
  • Higher education (38.51%)
  • Mathematics education (42.86%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2016)?

  • Economics education (57.76%)
  • Bachelor (9.32%)
  • Affect (11.18%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Economics education, Bachelor, Affect, Panel data and Opportunity cost. The various areas that William E. Becker examines in his Economics education study include Social science, Subject and Applied economics. As part of the same scientific family, William E. Becker usually focuses on Social science, concentrating on Meaning and intersecting with Public economics and Higher education.

His Affect research focuses on subjects like Regression analysis, which are linked to Incentive and Survey data collection. William E. Becker studied Panel data and Demographic economics that intersect with Contrast. His Opportunity cost research includes themes of Test, Presentation and Comparative advantage.

Between 2006 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • A Little More Than Chalk and Talk: Results from a Third National Survey of Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses (156 citations)
  • Do Undergraduate Majors or Ph.D. Students Affect Faculty Size (33 citations)
  • Do Undergraduate Majors or Ph.D. Students Affect Faculty Size (33 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Social science

William E. Becker mainly investigates Regression analysis, Affect, Demographic economics, Degree and Panel data. The concepts of his Regression analysis study are interwoven with issues in Incentive, Marketing, Service and Public relations. His Affect research incorporates themes from Promotion and Survey data collection.

His Demographic economics study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Bachelor.

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Best Publications

Teaching Economics to Undergraduates

William E. Becker.
Journal of Economic Literature (1997)

683 Citations

Chalk and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate Economics

William E Becker;Michael Watts.
The American Economic Review (1996)

418 Citations

Teaching Economics at the Start of the 21st Century: Still Chalk-and-Talk

William E. Becker;Michael Watts.
The American Economic Review (2001)

329 Citations

Why so many published sensitivity analyses are false: A systematic review of sensitivity analysis practices

Andrea Saltelli;Andrea Saltelli;Ksenia Aleksankina;William Becker;Pamela Fennell.
Environmental Modelling and Software (2019)

319 Citations

Teaching Economics in the 21st Century

William E. Becker.
Journal of Economic Perspectives (2000)

317 Citations

A Little More Than Chalk and Talk: Results from a Third National Survey of Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses

Michael Watts;William E. Becker.
Journal of Economic Education (2008)

285 Citations

Weights and importance in composite indicators: Closing the gap.

William Becker;Michaela Saisana;Paolo Paruolo;Ine Vandecasteele.
Ecological Indicators (2017)

271 Citations

TEACHING TOOLS: TEACHING METHODS IN UNDERGRADUATE ECONOMICS

William E. Becker;Michael Watts.
Economic Inquiry (1995)

210 Citations

How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching

William E. Becker;William Bosshardt;Michael Watts.
Journal of Economic Education (1999)

208 Citations

Teaching Methods in U.S. Undergraduate Economics Courses

William E. Becker;Michael Watts.
Journal of Economic Education (2001)

194 Citations

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