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Research Interests: Multivariate analysis, Analysis of clustered and correlated data,
Statistical applications in the health sciences, Statistics education.
Teaching Areas: Science and Practice of Medicine, Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies,
Mathematical Tools, Statistical Methods and Models, Statistical Theory, Applied Nonparametric Statistics,
Bayesian Probability and Statistical Methods, Applied Linear Models, Categorical Data Analysis,
Multivariate Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Advanced Statistical Analysis for Research.
Selected Publications:
Looney, S.W., and Hagan, J.L. (2008): Statistical Methods for Assessing Biomarkers and for Analyzing Biomarker Data. In Rao, C.R., Miller, J.P., and Rao, D.C. (eds.), Handbook of Statistics, Volume 27: Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 109-147.
Meeks, S., Young, C.M., and Looney, S.W. (2007): Activity Participation and Affect Among Nursing Home Residents: Support for a Behavioural Model of Depression. Aging and Mental Health 11, 751-760.
Holmes, R.G., Rueggeberg, F.A., Callan, R.S., Caughman, W.F., Chan, D.N.C., Pashley, D.H., and Looney, S.W. (2007): Effect of Solvent Type and Content on Monomer Conversion of a Model Resin System as a Thin Film. Dental Materials 23, 1506-1512.
Higgins, T.S., Ritchie, C.S., Stetson, B.A., Burke, J.D., and Looney, S.W. (2007): An Examination of the Moderating Effect of Treatment with Anti-depressants on the Association of Heart Disease with Depression in Males with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Veterans Medical Center. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 75, 220-228.
Speck, B.J. and Looney, S.W. (2007): Self-reported Physical Activity Validated by Pedometer: A Pilot
Study. Public Health Nursing 23, 88-94.
Meeks, S., Teri, L., Van Haitsma, K. and Looney, S. (2007): Increasing Pleasant Events in the
Nursing Home: Collaborative Behavioral Treatment for Depression. Clinical Case
Studies 5, 287-304.
Looney, S.W. and Hagan, J.L. (2006): Challenges in the Statistical Analysis of Biomarker
Data, in DeCaprio, A.P. (ed.). Toxicologic Biomarkers, New York: Marcel Dekker. 17-38.
Rempala, G. and Looney, S. (2006): Asymptotic Properties of a Two-Sample Randomized Test
for Partially Dependent Data. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136, 68-89.
Gandhok, N.K., Looney, S., Koochekpur, S. and Sartor, O. (2005): Relationships Between
Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction for Prostate Specific Antigen,
Survival, and Various Prognostic Laboratory Factors in Patients with Hormone
Refractory Prostate Cancer. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
23, 163-167.
Stolier, A.J., Barre, G., Bolton, J.S., Fuhrman, G.M. and Looney, S.W. (2004):
Breast Conservation Therapy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: The Impact of LCIS
in the Surgical Specimen on Local Recurrence and Axillary Node Status.
AmericanSurgeon 70, 818-821.
Looney, S.W. and Jones, P.W. (2003): A Method for Comparing Two Normal Means Using
Combined Samples of Correlated and Uncorrelated Data. Statistics in Medicine 22, 1601-
1610.
Linder, M.W., Looney, S.W., Adams, J.E., III, Johnson, N, Antonino-Green, D., Lacefield, N.,
Bukaveckas, B.L. and Valdes, R., Jr. (2002): Warfarin Dose Adjustments Based on
CYP2C9 Genetic Polymorphisms. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 14, 227-
232.
Looney, S.W. (2001): Statistical Methods for Assessing Biomarkers. In Looney, S.W. (ed.),
Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 184: Biostatistical Methods, Totowa, NJ: Humana
Press, pp. 81-109.
Robinson, K.M., Ewing, S. and Looney, S. (2000): Clergy Support and Caregiver Expectations for
Support: A Replication Study. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 15, 180-189.
Steiner, R.P., Hughes, J.A., Richardson, T.L., Looney, S.W., Clover, R.D., and Rowe, M.G. (1999):
Minimum Time Interval Adjustment for 4-3-1 Immunization Rates Among Two-Year-Old
Children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 16, 189-194.
Looney, S.W., Blondell, R.D., Gagel, J.R. and Pentecost, M.W. (1998): Which Medical School
Applicants Will Become Generalists or Rural-Based Physicians? Journal of the Kentucky
Medical Association 96, 189-193.
Looney, S.W., Grady, C.S. and Steiner, R.P. (1998): Biostatistics Requirements in Medical
Schools in the United States: An Update. Academic Medicine 73, 92-94.
Looney, S.W. and El-Mallakh, R.S. (1997): A Meta-Analysis of Erythrocyte Na,K-ATPase
Activity in Bipolar Illness. Depression and Anxiety 5, 53-65.
Looney, S.W. (1995): How to Use Tests for for Univariate Normality to Assess Multivariate
Normality. The American Statistician 49, 64-70.
Mold, J.W., Looney, S.W., Viviani, N.J., and Quiggins, P.A. (1994): Predicting The Health-
Related Values and Preferences of Geriatric Patients. Journal of Family Practice 39, 461-
467.
Horswell, R.L. and Looney, S.W. (1993): Diagnostic Limitations of Skewness Coefficients in
Assessing Departures From Univariate and Multivariate Normality. Communications in
Statistics - Simulation and Computation 22, 437-459.
Horswell, R.L. and Looney, S.W. (1992): A Comparison of Tests for Multivariate Normality That
Are Based on Measures of Multivariate Skewness and Kurtosis. Journal of Statistical
Computation and Simulation 42, 21-38.
Williams, W.W., Looney, S.W. and Peters, M.H. (1990): Improved Curtailed Sampling Plans for
np-Control Charts. Journal of Quality Technology 22, 118-127.
Looney, S.W., Wansley, J.W., and Lane, W.R. (1989): An Examination of Misclassifications With
Bank Failure Prediction Models. Journal of Economics and Business 41, 327-336.
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