Biography:Barbara Tabachnick
Barbara G. Tabachnick is an American psychologist, researcher, and author. She is Professor Emerita of Psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she taught from 1971 until her retirement in 1996.[1] She is best known as co-author of the widely used textbook Using Multivariate Statistics with Linda S. Fidell.[2] Her research has covered multivariate analysis, psychophysics, ethics in psychology, environmental noise, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.[3]
Early life and education
Tabachnick earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1964, graduating with honors. She completed an M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in psychology in 1971 at UCLA. Her doctoral dissertation was titled Contextual Effects in Discriminability Scaling.[4][5]
Academic career
In 1971, Tabachnick joined the Department of Psychology at CSUN as a lecturer. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1972, associate professor in 1975, and full professor in 1979, before retiring in 1996 with the title of professor emerita.[1][6]
At CSUN, she taught courses in statistics, experimental psychology, sensation and perception, stress, and research methodology at both undergraduate and graduate levels.[7] She also presented workshops and short courses on advanced data analysis and multivariate methods at professional meetings such as the Western Psychological Association.[8]
Outside CSUN, Tabachnick consulted for hospitals, universities, nonprofit organizations, and research centers, including Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, the University of New Mexico, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]
Research and publications
Tabachnick has authored or co-authored numerous books, journal articles, and technical reports. Her methodological works, particularly Using Multivariate Statistics, have become standard references in the behavioral and social sciences.[2] She also co-authored Experimental Designs Using ANOVA (2007) and Computer-Assisted Research Design and Analysis (2000) with Linda S. Fidell.[9][10]
Her research has included:
- Epidemiology and neuropsychological outcomes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, including population studies in South Africa and the United States.[11]
- Human responses to aircraft noise, including sleep disturbance and environmental impacts.[12]
- Stress and coping mechanisms among college students.[13]
- Professional ethics in psychology and higher education.[14]
Awards and recognition
- National Science Foundation Fellowship (1969–1971).[1]
- CSUN Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award (1988).[1]
- Western Psychological Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2012).[15]
- Western Psychological Association Presidential Citation (2015).[1]
Selected works
- Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2019). Using Multivariate Statistics (7th ed.). Pearson. ISBN 9780134790541.
- Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2007). Experimental Designs Using ANOVA. Duxbury. ISBN 9780534405144.
- Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2000). Computer-Assisted Research Design and Analysis. Allyn & Bacon.
- Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (1983). Using Multivariate Statistics. Harper & Row.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Barbara G. Tabachnick – Curriculum Vitae". California State University, Northridge. https://www.csun.edu.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2019). Using Multivariate Statistics (7th ed.). Pearson. ISBN 9780134790541.
- ↑ "Barbara G. Tabachnick – Research profile". SciSpace. https://typeset.io/authors/barbara-g-tabachnick-3gyc8n3k9s.
- ↑ Tabachnick, Barbara Gerson (1 November 1979). "Test Scatter on the WISC-R" (in EN). pp. 626–628. doi:10.1177/002221947901200910. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002221947901200910.
- ↑ "Vita: Barbara G. Tabachnick". Scribd. https://www.scribd.com.
- ↑ "Barbara Tabachnick". https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/barbara-tabachnick/.
- ↑ Keith-Spiegel, Patricia; Koocher, Gerald P.; Tabachnick, Barbara (1 March 2006). "What Scientists Want from Their Research Ethics Committee" (in EN). pp. 67–81. doi:10.1525/jer.2006.1.1.67. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1525/jer.2006.1.1.67.
- ↑ Tabachnick, Barbara G. (2012). "Choosing your multivariate technique". Western Psychological Association. https://www.westernpsych.org.
- ↑ Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2007). Experimental Designs Using ANOVA. Duxbury. ISBN 9780534405144.
- ↑ Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Fidell, Linda S. (2000). Computer-Assisted Research Design and Analysis. Allyn & Bacon.
- ↑ May, Philip A.; Tabachnick, Barbara G. (2020). "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a Midwestern city: Child characteristics, maternal risk traits, and prevalence". Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 44 (4): 919–938. doi:10.1111/acer.14368.
- ↑ Fidell, Sandy; Tabachnick, Barbara G. (2013). "Aircraft noise-induced awakenings are more reasonably predicted from relative than from absolute sound exposure levels". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 134 (5): 3645–3653. doi:10.1121/1.4824165.
- ↑ Brotsky, Samuel J.; Tabachnick, Barbara G. (1980). "Antidotes to stress among college students: A factor analytic study". College Student Personnel Abstracts 15 (4): 366–367.
- ↑ Pope, Kenneth S.; Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Keith-Spiegel, Patricia (1991). "Ethics of teaching: Beliefs and behaviors of psychologists as educators". American Psychologist 46 (5): 506–515. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.46.5.506.
- ↑ "CSUN Professor Emerita Captures Lifetime Achievement Award". CSUN Today. 14 May 2012. https://csuntoday.csun.edu.
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