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Paul D. Allison, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Office Phone: 215-898-6717
Office Fax: 215-573-2081
Email: allison@ssc.upenn.edu
Website(s): www.ssc.upenn.edu/soc/People/allisonpaul.html

Education: PhD 1976, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI

Keywords: Sociology, Statistics.

Research and/or Clinical Interests:
Statistical methods for missing data and longitudinal data.

Summary:
Investigation of new methods for handling missing data, such as multiple imputation and maximum likelihood estimation for linear models. Currently working on two books on fixed-effects models as an approach to the analysis of repeated-measures data with time-varying covariates.

Representative Publications:
Allison, Paul D. Survival Analysis Using the SAS System: A Practical Guide. Cary, N.C. : SAS Institute. 1995

Allison, Paul D. Multiple Regression: A Primer. Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press. 1999

Allison, Paul D. Logistic Regression Using the SAS System: Theory and Applications. Cary, N.C. : SAS Institute. 1999

Allison, Paul D. Missing Data . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications 2001

Allison, Paul D. "Comparing logit and probit coefficients across groups." Sociological Methods and Research 28: 186-208. 1999

Allison, Paul D. "Multiple imputation for missing data: A cautionary tale." Sociological Methods and Research 28: 301-309. 1999

Allison, Paul D. and Richard Waterman "Fixed effects negative binomial regression models." In Ross M. Stolzenberg (ed.), Sociological Methodology 2002. Oxford : Basil Blackwell. 2002

Allison, Paul D. 1994 "Using panel data to estimate the effects of events." Sociological Methods and Research 23: 174-199.

Allison, Paul D. 1995 "The impact of random predictors on comparisons of coefficients between models." American Journal of Sociology 100:1294-1305.

Allison, Paul D. 1995 "Exact variance of indirect effects in recursive linear models." In Peter V. Marsden (ed.), Sociological Methodology 1995. Oxford : Basil Blackwell.

Allison, Paul D. 1995 Survival Analysis Using the SAS System: A Practical Guide. Cary , N.C. : SAS Institute.

Allison, Paul D. 1996 "Fixed effects partial likelihood for repeated events." Sociological Methods and Research 25.

   

     
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