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Joseph Mercado
FRIEdr
Mercado wearing a Barong Tagalog in 2019.
Mercado in 2019
Born (1972-07-02) July 2, 1972 (age 52)
Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
NationalityFilipino
Alma materPolytechnic University of the Philippines (B.AS.)(M.A.Sc.)(DEM)
Philippine College of Criminology (PhD)
Known forApplied statistics
AwardsDistinguished Research Award (Academic International Consortium of Indonesia)
Distinguished Service Award (Federation of Alumni Association in PUP Inc.)
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics, Applied Statistics
InstitutionsPolytechnic University of the Philippines
Websitehttps://www.pup.edu.ph

Joseph Mercado FRIEdr (born July 2, 1972) is a Filipino statistician, professor, businessperson and university administrator who was a former Dean and Vice President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.[1][2]

Mercado has co-authored scientific publications involving pharmaceutical sciences[3], economic analysis[4], and sociological analysis[5] and received the Distinguished Research Award from the Academic International Consortium of Indonesia for his work in 2016.[6] At present, Mercado is a member of the Philippine Statistical Association, Philippine Association for Teacher Education (PAFTE), the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights and a Fellow of Royal Institution based in Singapore.[1]

Early life and education

Mercado finished a Bachelor of Applied Statistics degree in 1993, a Master of Applied Science degree in 2000 and a Doctor of Educational Management degree in 2003 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.[1]

In 2011, Mercado accepted an offer to complete a PhD on Criminology at the Philippine College of Criminology, with his brother Marlon Lim. After being designated as the Vice President of Research, Extension, Planning and Development of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, he attended an Executive Development Program held by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) with other university administrators to further his knowledge on higher education management.[7]

Career

Polytechnic University of the Philippines (2005-present)

Main article: Polytechnic University of the Philippines

In 2004, Mercado first sat as the Acting Director of PUP Ragay. Consequently, in 2006, he was appointed as the director of PUP Sto. Tomas Batangas and then designated as the Dean of the College of Science. At the same time, he was also the Assistant Director of Center for Data and Statistical Analysis. Three years later, he became the Executive Director for Branches and Campuses. Mercado then sat as the Vice President for Branches and Campuses for another three years. In late 2015, Mercado was then appointed by Emanuel de Guzman, the university's President, to be the Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning and Development.[1][8][9] To pursue personal endeavours, Mercado resigned from office in mid-2018. However, he still serves as a faculty member and professor in College of Science[10] and teaches basic statistics, quantitative business analysis, management science statistics and other higher statistics subjects. He also manages several working groups and committees such as the Federasyon ng mga Alumni Associations sa PUP, Inc (FEDAAPI)[11], Unyon ng mga guro sa PUP, etc.[1]

Notable works

Scientific publications

Mercado has authored and co-authored several scientific publications that have been recognized in national and international journals.[4][12][13]

Among them are, but not limited to; “Mathematical Model for Estimating Income Tax Revenues in the Philippines through Regression Analysis using Matrices”[4] “Predicting Spousal Physical Violence in the Philippines: a Binary Logistic Regression Analysis” for the European Academic and Research Network[12]; and “Modeling the Philippines Real Gross Domestic Product: A Normal Estimation Equation For Multiple Linear Regression” for the American Institute of Physics’ Journal.[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Valila, Krupskaya (2016). "President De Guzman appoints three new VPs". Polytechnic University of the Philippines Official Website. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Cruz, RG (August 27, 2015). "PUP president gets higher pay than UP president". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 7, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Survival Analysis for the Risk of Developing Heart Attack". International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c "Mathematical Model for Estimating Income Tax Revenues in the Philippines through Regression Analysis Using Matrices". ResearchGate. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Reading Attitudes of the Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines: A Principal Component Factor Analysis". ResearchGate. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Viray, Kriztine. "VPREPD speaks at Asia Pacific Confab". Polytechnic University of the Philippines News. Retrieved June 25, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "CHED Launches the Second Batch of the Executive Development Program of the PhilHECS". Commission on Higher Education (CHED). July 20, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Dalac, Dan Esponilla (June 2014). "Administration Okays P1.7M Grant for 11 Researches". Polytechnic University of the Philippines News. Retrieved June 25, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Viray, Joseph Reylan. "PUP inks MOU with Burapha University". Polytechnic University of the Philippines News. Retrieved June 25, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Directory of Experts". PUP Official Website. Retrieved April 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "FEDAAPI Notable Alumni Awards 2017". Polytechnic University of the Philippines. October 23, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b "Analysis on Predicting Spousal Physical Violence in the Philippines Using Binary Logistic Regression". ResearchGate. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ a b "Modeling the Philippines' real gross domestic product: A normal estimation equation for multiple linear regression". AIP Conference Proceedings. Retrieved April 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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