Biography:I. Elaine Allen
Isabel Elaine Allen is an American survey statistician and biostatistician who has published highly-cited work on topics including distance education, the theory of Likert scales, antibacterial treatments, and meta-analysis of medical trials. She is a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco,[1] and a professor emeritus of statistics at Babson College.[2]
Education and career
Allen majored in psychology at Skidmore College, graduating in 1970. She earned a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Evansville in 1975, and completed her Ph.D. in statistics at Cornell University in 1979.[3]
She took a faculty position at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania even before completing her doctorate,[3] and also held faculty positions at the Medical College of Pennsylvania[4] and Rutgers University prior to her position at Babson College.[2]
As well as her academic work, Allen has helped to found several companies, including the Quahog Research Group, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Pondview Associates, StatSystems, and Bay View Analytics.[4]
Recognition
Allen was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2004.[5] She was the main statistical expert for an investigative journalism project concerning fair housing, "Long Island Divided",[6] which won the 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award of the Radio Television Digital News Association for a news documentary by a large digital news organization.[7]
Skidmore College gave her their Creative Thought Matters Award of Distinction award in 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ "Isabel Elaine Allen, PhD", UCSF Profiles (University of California, San Francisco), https://profiles.ucsf.edu/elaine.allen, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Isabel E. Allen, Professor Emeritus, Babson College, https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/babson-survey-research-group/elaine-allen/, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Allen, I. Elaine (September 1982), "The Pennsylvania Corporate Tax Model", Simulation 39 (3): 75–80, doi:10.1177/003754978203900302
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Alumni of Distinction, Skidmore College, June 1, 2015, https://www.skidmore.edu/news/2015/0601-reunion-awards.php, retrieved 2021-03-03; see also attached profile.
- ↑ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ↑ "How data was evaluated", Long Island Divided (Newsday), https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-undercover-investigation/, retrieved 2021-03-03
- ↑ 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners, Radio Television Digital News Association, https://www.rtdna.org/content/2020_national_edward_r_murrow_award_winners, retrieved 2021-03-03
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