Robin L Young

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Adjusted significance cutoffs for hypothesis tests applied with generalized additive models with bivariate smoothers
    Robin L Bliss
    Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2:291-300. 2011
  2. ncbi Implications of subdividing marital status: are unmarried mothers with partners different from unmarried mothers without partners? An exploratory analysis
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Matern Child Health J 14:209-14. 2010
  3. ncbi A multilevel non-hierarchical study of birth weight and socioeconomic status
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:36. 2010
  4. ncbi A power comparison of generalized additive models and the spatial scan statistic in a case-control setting
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:37. 2010
  5. ncbi Food insecurity and compensatory feeding practices among urban black families
    Emily Feinberg
    Department of Maternal Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e854-60. 2008
  6. ncbi Caregiver health literacy and adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants
    L Kari Hironaka
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 75:376-80. 2009

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Adjusted significance cutoffs for hypothesis tests applied with generalized additive models with bivariate smoothers
    Robin L Bliss
    Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2:291-300. 2011
    ..01, 0.05, and 0.10. When applied with adjusted significance cutoffs, both ACST and CPT were appropriately sized across region shapes, population densities, sample sizes, and probabilities of disease...
  2. ncbi Implications of subdividing marital status: are unmarried mothers with partners different from unmarried mothers without partners? An exploratory analysis
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Matern Child Health J 14:209-14. 2010
    ..To determine the analytic advantages obtained from separating unmarried mothers with partners from unmarried mothers without partners when assessing risk of adverse birth outcomes...
  3. ncbi A multilevel non-hierarchical study of birth weight and socioeconomic status
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:36. 2010
    ..Data were collected retrospectively on births to women between 1969 and 1983 living on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The sample included siblings born in different residences with differing community-level SES...
  4. ncbi A power comparison of generalized additive models and the spatial scan statistic in a case-control setting
    Robin L Young
    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:37. 2010
    ..e. is the smoothing term necessary? Permutation tests are a reasonable hypothesis testing method and provide adequate power under a simple alternative hypothesis. These tests have yet to be compared to other spatial statistics...
  5. ncbi Food insecurity and compensatory feeding practices among urban black families
    Emily Feinberg
    Department of Maternal Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e854-60. 2008
    ..In this we study explored the relationship between food insecurity and compensatory maternal feeding practices that may be perceived as buffers against periodic food shortages among urban black families...
  6. ncbi Caregiver health literacy and adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants
    L Kari Hironaka
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 75:376-80. 2009
    ..To determine whether or not limited caregiver health literacy is associated with adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants...