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