I. Elaine Allen

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Isabel Elaine Allen
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Skidmore College
University of Evansville
Cornell University (PhD)
Awards Edward R. Murrow Award (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
Institutions

Isabel Elaine Allen is an American survey statistician and biostatistician who works in 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]

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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] She also taught at University of California, San Francisco. [1]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Isabel Elaine Allen, PhD", UCSF Profiles, University of California, San Francisco, retrieved 2021-03-03
  2. 1 2 Isabel E. Allen, Professor Emeritus, Babson College, retrieved 2021-03-03
  3. 1 2 Allen, I. Elaine (September 1982), "The Pennsylvania Corporate Tax Model", Simulation, 39 (3): 75–80, doi:10.1177/003754978203900302, S2CID   62408748
  4. 1 2 3 Alumni of Distinction, Skidmore College, 1 June 2015, retrieved 2021-03-03; see also attached profile.
  5. ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-03-03
  6. "How data was evaluated", Long Island Divided, Newsday, 17 November 2019, retrieved 2021-03-03
  7. 2020 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners, Radio Television Digital News Association, archived from the original on 2020-12-05, retrieved 2021-03-03