Paul R. Rosenbaum Faculty Profile

Paul R. Rosenbaum
Robert G. Putzel Professor; Professor of Statistics

PhD, Harvard University, 1980; AM, Harvard University, 1978; BA, Hampshire College, 1977

Research Areas
Observational studies; discrete data; biostatistics; psychometrics; quality design

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1986-present. (named Robert G. Putzel Professor, 2001; Robert B. Egelston Term Professor of Statistics, 1991-92; Joseph Wharton Term Associate Professor and Professor of Statistics, 1986-91). Previous appointment: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other Positions
Senior Research Scientist, Research Statistics Group, Educational Testing Service, 1986; Research Scientist, Research Statistics Group, Educational Testing Service, 1983-86; Statistician, Division of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Office of Radiation Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-81

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1992; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavorial Sciences, Stanford, 2000-2001; George W. Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, 2003

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Member, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, 1996-99; Member, Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, National Research Council, 1998-2000; Member, Advisory Board of the Measurement, Methodology and Statistics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation, 1999-2001

Representative Publications
"Design Sensitivity in Observational Studies." Biometrika 91: 153-164 (2004).

(with Guido Imbens)
"Robust, Accurate Confidence Intervals with a Weak Instrument: Quarter of Birth and Education." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A,168, 109-126 (2005).

"Exact, Nonparametric Inference When Doses are Measured with Random Errors. Journal of the American Statistical Association 100, 511-518 (2005).