Psychometrics, survey research, and data modeling.
- Discovered breakthrough methodology for measuring relationships between personality and belief systems.
- Designed and pre-tested reliable, innovative two-part survey instrument.
- Conducted survey of Council on Foreign Relations, leading organization of
corporate, government, and academic policy elites. - Performed factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, and other statistical
modeling. - Published findings in peer-reviewed journal Political Psychology ("Self Images of Hawks and Doves,” Vol. 16, No. 2).
Article on advanced statistical methods.
- Compared R-method and Q-method factor structures from a single data set.
- Published findings in social science newsletter Operant Subjectivity (“Replicability of Results with Theoretical Rotation,” Vol. 7, No. 3.)
Original statistical software.
- Designed software to implement specialized marketing research tool not
available in standard statistical packages. - Wrote all required programs, which perform factor analysis, rotation, and
graphing. - Distributed software to marketing research professionals and provided technical
support.
Research consulting.
- Designed studies and performed statistical data modeling.
- Clients included Penn and Schoen Associates, Columbia University Center for the
Social Sciences, and Columbia University Teacher’s College doctoral students.
Academic achievements.
- Earned 18 graduate credits in statistical research methods.
- Earned Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
- Presented attitude research at social science conferences.
- Taught introductory courses in probability and statistics.
- Tutored clients taking graduate level statistics courses.
